Global and National Distribution Maps

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Global Distribution of Seagrass – Ocean Data Viewer

Global Distribution of Seagrass – ArcGIS

Seagrass Spotter

Short et al 2007

Seagrass Abundance by Marine Ecoregion

Number of Seagrass Species by Marine Ecoregion

Number of Seagrass Species by Marine Ecoregion

Halodule wrightii- Species range map

Phyllospadix scouleri- Species range map
Pyllospadix torreyi- Geographic range

Syringodium filiforme- IUCN red listed

Thalassia testudiunum- IUCN red listed

Northeast U.S.

Northeast Ocean Data Eelgrass Beds Map
Eelgrass Beds, Northeast US, 2014

Northern Gulf of Mexico

Seagrass Status and Trends in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: 1940–2002

New York

NYSDEC Statewide Seagrass Map 

Seagrass in the Peconic Estuary
Evaluation of Eelgrass Extent around Fishers Island, NY

Rhode Island

Eelgrass Locations (Polygons)

Narragansett Bay Estuarine Habitat

Rhode Island 2016 map of SAV in Narragansett Bay

South Coast Estuarine Habitat

2016 Rhode Island Eelgrass Mapping Taskforce Orthophotography

Maine

Maine Historical Eelgrass Coverage Viewer

Eelgrass 2018 (Casco Bay Only)- MaineDEP

New Hampshire

Great Bay Estuary Eelgrass- 2015

Massachusetts

Boston Harbor Habitat Atlas

Buzzards Bay Eelgrass GIS data

Eelgrass Mapping Project Viewer

Massachusetts Eelgrass Mapping Project

Creating the Basis for Successful Restoration: An Eelgrass Habitat

Maryland

Maryland Wetlands – Wetlands (National Wetlands Inventory)

West Coast Maps

West Coast Species Maps

West Coast USA Eelgrass Maximum Observed Extent

Washington

Puget Sound Seagrass Monitoring
ShoreZone Inventory – Seagrass

California

Eelgrass Maximum Observed Extent – California 

Estuary Eelgrass Presence and Absence – California 

Eelgrass Distribution in California
Seagrass distribution off California

California Coastal Eelgrass Habitats, 2010

Phyllospadix scouleri- California

Eelgrass Survey GIS Data- San Francisco Estuary Institute & the Aquatic Science Center

Eelgrass Data- West Coast/California region, NOAA Fisheries

Florida

Estero Bay Seagrass Communities (2003) 

Estero Bay Seagrass Communities (2004) 

Estero Bay Seagrass Communities (2008) 

Estero Bay Seagrass Communities (2014)

Florida Bay Seagrass Communities (2004-2005) 

Indian River Lagoon Seagrass Communities (2001) 

Indian River Lagoon Seagrass Communities (2003) 

Indian River Lagoon Seagrass Communities (2009)

Johnson’s Seagrass Critical Habitat Map and GIS Data

Lake Worth (Upland) Lagoon Seagrass Communities (2007) 

Loxahatchee River Seagrass Communities (2004) 

Loxahatchee River Seagrass Communities (2006) 

Loxahatchee River Seagrass Communities (2007)

Old Tampa Bay Seagrass Map

Sarasota County Seagrass Maps

Seagrass Habitat in Florida

Seagrass Integrated Mapping and Monitoring for the State of Florida Report 

Seagrass Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program Report No. 2 

Tampa Bay Seagrass (2016)

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Reserve Habitats:

Historic Extent of Seagrass Beds in Tampa Bay, FL

Texas

Texas Seagrass

Texas Seagrass Monitoring Map PDFs

TPWD Seagrass 

Seagrass of Texas

Virgin Islands

Seagrass Distribution Map for the USVI 

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