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Marine Projects: Ruston Way shoreline images

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is sensitive to a variety of environmental factors, including: light availability, salinity, wave energy, and sediment quality. These environmental factors can easily be altered by human activity. Worldwide seagrasses have been in decline due to human activities, such as dredging and filling, shoreline modification, nutrient and sediment loading from runoff, and oil spills. Therefore, it is important to examine the ways in which human activity along Ruston Way may be affecting the distribution and abundance of eelgrass.	View Map
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Webpage and project content by: Dr. Joel Elliott, University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology Liz Fly, University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology Erin Spear, University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology This project is funded by the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium and the University of Puget Sound . jkelliott@ups.edu \| lfly@ups.edu \| Send Feedback!