This Annapolis Cafe Scientifique talk will introduce you to one of the Chesapeake Bay's most vital shallow water habitats - underwater grasses. Underwater grasses, also known as bay grasses or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), are essential to the overall health and functioning of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. They provide habitat for fish and invertebrates, food […]

Human communities have been a part of the Chesapeake landscape since there was a Chesapeake landscape. The Smithsonian Environmental Archaeology Laboratory (SEAL) Team seeks, documents, and analyzes the human element in the changing Bay ecology, providing time depth not otherwise achievable in the natural sciences. This illustrated presentation summarizes some of SEAL Team’s findings from […]