... water quality and higher sedimentation have been major contributors to the decline. Additionally, nutrients from car exhausts and power plant emissions are carried for miles in air currents and settle in the bay. Such nutrients include carbon and nitrogen which are emitted into the air. The federal and local ... much nitrogen (from sewage outfalls, septic systems and agricultural run off) is dumped into the water, it promotes algae blooms that block sunlight and eat up oxygen. This steals the light and oxygen needed by eel grass which is an important habitat and food source for marine li...

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