Examples of eelgrass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Izembek Lagoon holds one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller’s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds. — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022 For projects that affect tidal or ocean habitat, that may include planting new eelgrass beds or restoring marshland. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2022 Sixty-eight vessels currently reside in the anchorage within an eelgrass protection zone, according to Steve McGrath, executive director for the RBRA. — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2022 In San Diego, those include marshes, wetlands, mud flats, eelgrass and seagrass beds. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022 Dufour said the eelgrass nourishes many seabirds, including the Pacific black brant, on their journey from the Arctic to Baja California. — Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2022 The otters eat crabs, which in turn eat invertebrates like sea slugs, which eat the algae that grows on the eelgrass. — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021 The team notes that otters are not the only driving force behind eelgrass genetic diversity. — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021 Thanks to the return of the otters, the amount of eelgrass in Elkhorn Slough has jumped 600 percent in the last three decades. — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021 See More

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