Chesapeake bay submerged aquatic vegetation habitat requirements and restoration targets: A technical synthesis
Chesapeake Bay, one of the world's largest estuaries, has experienced deterioration of water quality from nutrient enrichment, resulting in anoxic or hypoxic conditions and declines in living resources. Determination of relationships between water quality and various living resources provides a mechanism of relating anthropogenic inputs to the 'health' of Chesapeake Bay. One of the major factors contributing to the high productivity of Chesapeake Bay has been the historical abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). SAV in Chesapeake Bay include some twenty freshwater and marine species of rooted, flowering plants. SAV provide food for waterfowl and are critical habitat for shellfish and finfish. SAV also affect nutrient cycling, sediment stability, and water turbidity. The primary objective of the SAV Technical Synthesis is to establish the quantitative levels of relevant water quality parameters necessary to support continued survival, propagation, and restoration of SAV.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6084380
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-196665/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-WO-0043
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHESAPEAKE BAY
REMEDIAL ACTION
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ABUNDANCE
ANOXIA
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
DEPTH
DIAGRAMS
ENRICHMENT
ESTUARIES
FISHES
FOOD
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HABITAT
NUTRIENTS
PLANT GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
QUANTIZATION
REGULATIONS
SEDIMENTS
SOLIDS
STABILITY
TURBIDITY
UNDERWATER
WATER QUALITY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
COASTAL WATERS
CONTROL
DIMENSIONS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
GROWTH
LEVELS
POLLUTION CONTROL
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
SYNTHESIS
VERTEBRATES
540350* - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)