1.   For one thing, he said, it is clear that turtle grass is continuing to die in areas not stressed by high salinity.

2.   Shrimp appear to like shoal grass better than turtle grass, Robblee said.

3.   The change is fueling a resurgence of shoal grass in areas where dense stands of turtle grass died during the past several years.

4.   The turtle grass is dead or dying.

5.   There were also many rays on the flats where the bottoms were covered with turtle grass, pockmarked with loggerhead sponges, or composed of hard wadeable sand.

6.   Then, the leader parted and my big tarpon slid over some dark turtle grass and disappeared.