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Research: Nearshore Habitats and Coastal Stressors

The effects of land use patterns on nearshore estuarine ecosystems

land use patterns

Estuarine segments selected to study were based in part on primary land use which ranges from forested to highly agricultural or developed (left map = SERC study segments; right map = VIMS study segments)