1952

1982

1982-1952

Value

Class

sq m

acres

%

sq m

acres

%

acres

1

DENSE SEAGRASS

4694833

1160.11

3.15

761988

188.29

0.51

-971.82

2

PATCHY SEAGRASS

1178776

291.28

0.79

336967

83.27

0.23

-208.01

3

SPARSE SEAGRASS

1465871

362.22

0.98

0

0.00

0.00

-362.22

4

MANGROVE

2725895

673.58

1.83

2652787

655.52

1.78

-18.07

5

MARSH/MANGROVE

894003

220.91

0.60

1338062

330.64

0.90

109.73

6

SALTMARSH

477723

118.05

0.32

781236

193.05

0.52

75.00

7

SALTWATER

61773524

15264.51

41.48

58696002

14504.04

39.41

-760.47

8

FLATS/BEACH

5534341

1367.55

3.72

9456502

2336.74

6.35

969.19

9

VEGETATED FLATS

0

0.00

0.00

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

10

FRESH WATER

174595

43.15

0.12

4824337

1192.12

3.24

1148.98

11

FRESH SS MARSH

2430764

600.66

1.63

924222

228.38

0.62

-372.27

12

FRESH MARSH

12478

3.08

0.01

177816

43.94

0.12

40.86

13

FRESH FOREST

1290990

319.01

0.87

839519

207.45

0.56

-111.56

14

FRESH SCRUB

98840

24.42

0.07

159570

39.43

0.11

15.01

15

AGRICULTURE

3041903

751.67

2.04

8689673

2147.26

5.83

1395.59

16

UPLAND/BARREN

749505

185.21

0.50

4913543

1214.16

3.30

1028.95

17

UPLAND/FOREST

4533181

1120.17

3.04

7275353

1797.77

4.89

677.60

18

UPLAND/RANGE

50208229

12406.67

33.71

17563256

4339.96

11.79

-8066.72

19

URBAN

7644517

1888.99

5.13

29539133

7299.25

19.83

5410.26

TOTAL

148929967

36801

100.00

148929967

36801

100.00