Cover Photograph: aerial view of seagrass beds (consisting of eelgrass, Zostera marina, and widgeon grass, Ruppia maritima, looking south toward New Point Comfort from Dyer Creek and Bavon Beach, Mathews County, Virginia, 11 May 1996 (Chesapeake Bay Program Segment CB6). (Courtesy of George Thomas, Shoreline Studies Program, Department of Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science.)