We provide an example of successful restoration linking effective management of nutrients to the successful recovery of
submersed aquatic vegetation along thousands of kilometers of coastline in Chesapeake Bay, United States.
Here, we unite 30 consecutive years of watershed modeling, biogeochemical data, and comprehensive aerial surveys of Chesapeake Bay, United States to quantify the cascading effects of anthropogenic impacts on
submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV), an ecologically and economically valuable habitat.