Resources
SAV Monitoring
Chesapeake Bay SAV Monitoring Program
The Chesapeake Bay Program takes an integrated, three-tiered approach to monitoring SAV. To read more about the overall program, click here.
Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers (Tier 2)
SAV Watchers is a volunteer-based program that supplements the Bay-wide aerial survey and provides community engagement opportunities
Mapping Seagrass in NJ’s Coastal Bays
Decision-making for Coastal Adaptation: Sustaining Coastal Salt Marshes for Ecosystem Services along the Jersey Shore
Growth and Development Guide for Ruppia maritima
A reference guide for tracking the reproductive growth of R.maritima.
SAV Habitat Survey Assessment for the Tidal Delaware River
This application shows the results of an aquatic habitat survey assessment that was performed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic) in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Chesapeake Bay SAV Sentinel Site Program (Tier 3)
The SAV Sentinel Site Program is a more detailed and focused monitoring effort conducted by Bay scientists.
Salem Sound Eelgrass
An overview of eelgrass monitoring, mapping and restoration in Salem Sound, MA.
SAV Mitigation and Monitoring Guidance Document
Created for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays developed by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s SAV Workgroup. This document is available here.
Chesapeake Bay-wide Aerial survey (Tier 1)
The Chesapeake Bay-Wide Aerial SAV Survey is a long-standing monitoring effort coordinated through the Chesapeake Bay Program
A Comparison of Eelgrass Mapping Methods
Comparison of remote sensing methods against SCUBA surveys to determine accuracy of remote sensing methods for detecting eelgrass meadows edge.
Delaware’s SAV Monitoring
Information regarding DE’s SAV community science monitoring program.
