[PCA] NEWS: Study: Coastal seagrass increasingly being lost

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_sc/us_sci_seagrass_loss

Study: Coastal seagrass increasingly being lost
Associated Press
Mon Jun 29, 5:29 pm ET

WASHINGTON -- Coastal development and declining water quality are 
threatening seagrasses worldwide, researchers report. A study of coastal 
grasses around the world shows that 58 percent of the seagrass meadows are 
in decline, according to a report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of 
the National Academy of Sciences.

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