Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027110",
  "term": "Submerged Aquatic Vegetation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Aquatic vegetation, such as sea grasses, that cannot withstand excessive drying and therefore live with their leaves at or below the water surface. SAVs provide an important habitat for young fish and other aquatic organisms.\n\n2. The technical term for underwater grasses that grow underwater. SAV can improve water quality and provide food and habitat to fish, shellfish and waterfowl.\n\n3. Vegetation that lives at or below the water surface; an important habitat for young fish and other aquatic organisms.\n\n4. Technical term for bay grasses that grow underwater. SAV can improve water quality and provide food and habitat to fish, shellfish and waterfowl.\n\n5. Rooted, vascular plants that grow completely underwater except for periods of brief exposure at low tides. The term SAV is generally used for marine, estuarine, and riverine angiosperms, and macrophytes.",
  "abbreviation": "SAV",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms; N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/submerged-aquatic-vegetation/"
}