Summary of frequency occurrence estimates for all species by year and major bay segment. HB: Hillsborough Bay, OTB: Old Tampa Bay, MTB: Middle Tampa Bay, LTB: Lower Tampa Bay, BCB: Boca Ciega Bay

Bay segment

Year

# of quadrats

No Cover

total

Halodule

Syringodium

Thalassia

Halophila

Ruppia

Caulerpa

HB

1998

285

85.0

15.0

14.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

1999

403

89.9

10.1

10.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2000

336

87.4

12.2

12.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2001

312

78.4

21.6

20.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

2002

327

69.3

23.1

22.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

2003

342

77.9

22.1

20.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.1

0.0

2004

334

78.2

20.4

18.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.4

1.5

2005

324

81.5

14.6

11.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.4

0.0

2006

326

79.8

17.5

16.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

2.7

2007

342

68.9

18.7

18.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

13.1

2008

329

67.4

20.7

20.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

13.3

2009

353

66.9

25.8

25.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.8

2010

143

31.5

62.5

62.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

18.6

2011

332

51.5

36.2

36.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

20.1

2012

257

45.8

53.1

53.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.1

2013

239

44.8

55.2

51.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.3

0.0

2014

292

28.4

49.7

49.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

28.9

2015

232

27.0

56.6

56.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

20.8

2016

342

67.2

19.2

19.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

15.5

2017

321

49.0

51.0

51.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2018

265

39.9

58.4

58.4

0.0

0.8

0.0

1.2

1.7

2019

309

35.5

36.0

36.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

33.1

2020

307

56.9

39.7

39.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.4

2021

273

56.4

21.1

20.5

0.0

0.0

2.8

0.2

17.3

2022

258

38.4

37.5

32.0

0.0

0.0

5.5

0.0

29.4

2023

323

46.9

41.9

37.3

0.0

0.0

9.7

0.0

0.0

OTB

1998

86

32.0

65.5

36.0

12.8

27.3

0.0

3.1

10.0

1999

103

35.3

64.7

30.4

17.4

29.7

1.1

0.6

3.6

2000

164

50.2

47.1

29.4

7.8

13.6

2.6

0.0

12.0

2001

501

48.9

51.1

35.1

9.9

10.5

0.6

0.3

5.1

2002

679

44.7

53.4

33.7

13.0

13.5

0.4

1.6

5.8

2003

604

43.7

56.3

35.6

13.1

16.9

0.0

4.1

5.2

2004

650

50.3

49.7

32.4

11.7

13.3

0.0

5.3

2.9

2005

814

24.6

71.4

45.5

12.9

13.6

5.0

7.6

12.6

2006

665

32.8

61.9

41.2

13.6

19.0

0.4

3.3

6.7

2007

563

32.0

63.7

42.2

16.3

15.5

0.2

1.5

6.0

2008

625

37.9

59.0

40.3

13.4

14.3

0.0

0.5

7.8

2009

500

25.8

73.2

52.3

16.4

21.6

0.3

0.5

1.5

2010

287

11.0

89.0

71.4

15.1

23.2

0.0

0.3

0.6

2011

435

18.1

81.9

57.8

15.3

19.8

0.0

1.6

0.5

2012

454

19.5

80.5

54.7

22.0

17.9

0.2

0.0

0.0

2013

457

13.5

86.4

58.3

18.7

19.7

0.0

0.9

0.2

2014

452

11.3

88.7

54.0

22.9

22.2

0.0

0.7

4.5

2015

497

5.1

94.2

58.7

21.4

21.1

0.0

11.8

7.7

2016

443

10.6

88.9

55.6

21.4

21.5

0.0

1.6

1.3

2017

444

14.8

84.1

50.0

21.4

22.4

0.1

0.9

0.8

2018

412

7.3

88.4

52.8

23.3

24.3

1.3

3.6

5.9

2019

444

1.9

93.3

52.5

25.1

34.2

1.0

3.3

22.8

2020

429

7.4

63.9

34.8

23.1

18.9

0.0

0.3

32.6

2021

466

19.6

57.5

27.1

19.9

20.8

0.9

1.7

22.3

2022

499

28.5

43.9

19.3

16.2

18.3

0.3

2.7

26.1

2023

458

16.8

65.9

27.0

29.0

28.0

0.0

5.2

5.8

MTB

1998

229

44.4

53.7

37.6

7.6

9.8

0.0

2.8

2.3

1999

507

45.3

51.8

36.4

13.1

8.3

0.0

0.0

9.3

2000

447

51.2

47.0

30.2

11.5

13.5

0.0

0.2

0.5

2001

400

44.8

52.7

39.3

11.7

9.8

0.0

0.3

4.0

2002

457

42.6

52.8

36.3

13.1

13.1

0.0

0.0

6.0

2003

523

59.4

37.7

22.2

12.4

11.3

0.0

0.4

5.2

2004

632

61.1

34.5

22.8

10.8

8.5

0.0

0.0

8.4

2005

665

54.2

38.0

26.2

10.6

8.5

0.0

0.5

18.5

2006

623

59.5

39.8

27.2

12.7

7.5

0.0

0.7

0.8

2007

625

49.1

49.8

33.5

14.1

10.0

0.0

0.1

1.1

2008

650

56.1

43.2

29.3

12.3

8.1

0.0

0.0

1.1

2009

497

37.1

62.7

43.2

19.6

12.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

2010

274

28.2

71.8

50.7

21.3

8.4

0.0

0.0

4.1

2011

377

20.7

75.8

41.2

33.9

17.6

0.0

0.0

4.9

2012

417

21.3

75.5

45.1

29.8

14.4

0.2

1.0

3.6

2013

412

25.7

69.4

40.5

25.7

15.0

0.0

0.4

5.1

2014

370

26.8

67.2

41.0

23.5

17.0

0.0

0.0

6.8

2015

385

24.6

71.8

38.9

31.7

17.2

0.0

0.6

4.3

2016

454

24.9

67.4

42.8

26.5

8.8

0.0

1.1

9.9

2017

395

33.0

67.0

29.1

35.7

13.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2018

336

20.1

77.8

39.0

41.6

9.8

0.1

1.0

1.6

2019

311

21.8

69.2

33.3

38.4

12.9

0.0

4.6

9.0

2020

410

33.9

66.1

32.2

26.1

20.1

4.2

0.5

0.0

2021

443

27.0

69.4

36.1

28.8

21.5

3.1

0.6

0.6

2022

441

22.2

74.5

31.8

37.6

20.2

4.6

0.1

5.2

2023

426

27.7

70.3

31.3

37.0

18.2

1.4

2.3

2.0

LTB

1998

88

19.2

80.8

30.3

6.4

64.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

1999

133

33.4

66.6

23.9

7.8

50.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

2000

203

34.4

65.6

20.2

13.7

47.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2001

238

37.5

62.5

21.7

9.8

42.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

2002

180

47.1

52.9

26.5

11.4

28.0

0.0

0.0

1.8

2003

297

53.5

46.5

16.2

10.7

32.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2004

309

59.0

41.0

19.0

12.9

24.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

2005

301

46.6

53.0

21.0

13.6

33.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

2006

237

43.1

56.9

21.4

12.3

39.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

2007

258

51.8

47.9

18.0

6.6

33.3

0.0

0.0

0.6

2008

264

49.9

49.8

18.6

15.2

31.5

0.0

0.0

0.6

2009

227

45.3

54.7

19.7

9.7

38.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

2010

227

40.1

59.9

18.5

16.0

45.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

2011

153

42.6

57.4

19.7

19.1

32.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2012

132

34.9

65.1

19.3

25.9

37.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2013

94

37.5

62.5

30.1

15.7

31.6

0.0

0.0

2.1

2014

123

23.3

76.7

23.9

26.9

48.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2015

93

30.5

69.5

30.0

17.5

41.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2016

104

22.4

77.6

19.5

30.3

49.9

1.0

0.0

0.0

2017

127

32.2

67.8

27.2

19.0

38.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

2018

91

23.1

75.1

17.4

17.1

59.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2019

118

23.0

77.0

35.6

29.7

45.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2020

145

24.9

74.4

16.4

27.8

45.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2021

198

28.8

61.0

20.9

16.1

36.9

0.0

1.4

0.4

2022

107

25.2

72.9

25.2

28.0

39.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

126

28.1

71.9

37.4

21.5

31.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

BCB

1998

96

19.0

81.0

61.3

0.0

30.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

1999

170

29.0

71.0

50.9

0.0

27.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

2000

153

28.5

71.5

52.7

0.0

32.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

2001

142

23.8

76.2

57.6

0.0

27.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

2002

153

23.2

76.8

59.6

0.0

27.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

2003

156

25.2

74.8

60.9

0.4

27.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2004

167

22.2

77.8

64.3

0.0

27.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2005

144

14.9

85.1

73.4

0.0

29.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2006

112

22.1

77.9

56.6

0.0

41.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2007

117

9.4

90.6

71.1

0.0

38.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2008

59

19.0

81.0

71.3

0.0

32.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

2009

111

21.4

78.6

43.8

0.0

48.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2010

49

17.6

82.4

71.6

0.0

33.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2011

77

17.4

82.6

59.9

0.0

33.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

2012

61

19.9

80.1

62.6

0.0

35.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

2013

67

11.6

88.4

62.2

0.0

39.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

2014

54

6.2

93.8

83.9

0.0

36.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2015

80

19.7

80.3

58.6

0.0

35.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

2016

52

2.7

97.3

66.0

0.0

45.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

2017

79

2.1

97.9

72.3

0.0

39.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

2018

73

15.6

84.4

70.7

0.0

38.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2019

84

2.8

97.2

71.9

0.0

43.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

2020

61

11.1

83.9

70.3

0.0

41.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2021

89

13.3

71.5

54.6

0.9

32.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2022

60

7.7

73.5

55.0

1.0

37.1

0.9

0.0

1.2

2023

121

13.9

73.6

54.8

2.1

42.6

0.0

0.0

0.0