- Narragansett Bay Habitats
- Identifying Use Patterns and Essential Habitat
- Eutrophication
Narragansett Bay Habitats
How much habitat has been lost or altered?
- Over 50% of regional saltmarshes have been lost since colonial times
- As much as 70% of saltmarshes in Narragansett bay have been modified.
- As much as 90% of the east coast eelgrass beds were lost to a fungal blight in the 1930’s, and now they have completely vanished from MHB
What types of habitats are currently present?
How much habitat is present?
Summary of estuarine and marine habitat acreages for Narragansett Bay in 1996 (Adapted from: Irene Huber, Natural Resources Assessment Group, University of Massachusetts, November 1999. Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Report No. 117).
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