This project has been made possible through the auspices of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.

Special thanks are extended to:

• Holly Greening who has facilitated the coordination and implementation of the seagrass monitoring program
• Dave Tomasko (Southwest Florida Water management District - Surface Water Improvement Management Program)
• Ray Kurz (Post, Buckley, Schuh, & Jernigan, Inc.)
• Tom Reis (Scheda Ecological Associates, inc.) provided guidance in the initial design of the monitoring protocols

Field collections were conducted by personnel from:

• Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission - Florida Marine Research Institute
• Hillsborough County Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve
• Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission
• Manatee County Environmental Management
• Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management
• Tampa BayWatch, Inc.
• City of Tampa Bay Study Group

The generous contributions from these agencies and the hard work by their personnel have ensured the success of this project.

Finally, Robin Lewis (Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.) is acknowledged for early on advocating the need to establish permanent seagrass transects in Tampa Bay and for his continued support of this program.

The compilation of the collected information into this report was funded by TBEP and the City of Tampa.