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R. J. Orth, M. C. Harwell and G. J. Inglis
Fig. 5. Zostera marina seedling patterns (arrows pointing to dark bands) following seed broadcasting at two locations in Chesapeake
Bay: Mumfort Island in the lower York River (A) and South Bay (B), a coastal lagoon in the Delmarva Peninsula. At Mumfort Island,
approximately 250,000 seeds were broadcast in fall, 1988, in a 100 × 100 m plot from both the port and starboard stern of a boat as
it made several paths across the plot (close inspection of each path reveals those seedlings arising from seeds broadcast from the port
or starboard side of boat. The picture was taken in June, 1989, nine months after seeding. At South Bay, approximately 150,000 seeds
were broadcast in fall, 1999, from a boat at two locations in a pattern that resulted in seedlings showing the design of a ‘B’ and ‘W’
in a picture taken in July, 2000, nine months after seeding. Seedling patterns result from seeds that settle rapidly and become rapidly
incorporated into the sediment matrix.
R. J. Orth, M. C. Harwell and G. J. Inglis
Fig. 5. Zostera marina seedling patterns (arrows pointing to dark bands) following seed broadcasting at two locations in Chesapeake
Bay: Mumfort Island in the lower York River (A) and South Bay (B), a coastal lagoon in the Delmarva Peninsula. At Mumfort Island,
approximately 250,000 seeds were broadcast in fall, 1988, in a 100 × 100 m plot from both the port and starboard stern of a boat as
it made several paths across the plot (close inspection of each path reveals those seedlings arising from seeds broadcast from the port
or starboard side of boat. The picture was taken in June, 1989, nine months after seeding. At South Bay, approximately 150,000 seeds
were broadcast in fall, 1999, from a boat at two locations in a pattern that resulted in seedlings showing the design of a ‘B’ and ‘W’
in a picture taken in July, 2000, nine months after seeding. Seedling patterns result from seeds that settle rapidly and become rapidly
incorporated into the sediment matrix.