Seagrass-Blue Crab Density
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"Thicker" seagrass beds with more shoots per square meter (right-hand image) provide higher-quality habitat for juvenile blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay.
"Thicker" seagrass beds with more shoots per square meter (right-hand image) provide higher-quality habitat for juvenile blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay.