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LTER Sites > Virginia Coast Reserve LTER > Hog Island Bay - Lagoon Site Research Site

Hog Island Bay - Lagoon Site - Primary
Disturbance Regime
Open water
Description:
Hog Island Bay is a shallow lagoon that extends between the barrier islands of the Virginia Coast Reserve and the mainland of the Delmarva Peninsula.
 
Site Characteristics
Location Single Point
Latitude: +037.42
Longitude: -075.76
Location - Bounding Box
Latitude1: +37.366882922327626
Longitude 1: -75.69305419921875
Latitude 2: +37.491749187
Longitude2: -75.81390380859375
Area (HA): NA
  High Low Mean
Elevation (M): -1 -30 -2
Research Site History
Historically, Hog Island Bay was dominated by seagrasses. However, in the 1920s and early 1930s seagrass was extirpated by a combination of disease and extreme storms. Currently the lagoon is dominated by mud bottoms, with seagrass recovery only now starting after more than 70 years. Numerous VCR/LTER research efforts have centered on the "shoal site" located south of the Machipongo Inlet channel.
 
Sub-research sites
None Listed
 
Contact
Karen McGlathery
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