Present-day vertical land motions (VLM) of the Chesapeake Bay region derived from robust network imaging of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) observations [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Chesapeake Bay region (defined as longitudes − 78° to -74° and latitudes 36.5° to 40°) experiences the highest rates of relative sea-level rise (RSLR) on the Atlantic Coast.
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Uncertainty in model predictions of Vibrio vulnificus response to climate variability and change: a Chesapeake Bay case study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The effect that climate change and variability will have on waterborne bacteria is a topic of increasing concern for coastal ecosystems, including the Chesapeake Bay. Surface water temperature trends in the Bay indicate a warming pattern of roughly 0.3-0.
Erin A Urquhart +4 more
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Differential migration in Chesapeake Bay striped bass. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Differential migration-increased migration propensity with increasing individual size-is common in migratory species. Like other forms of partial migration, it provides spatial buffering against regional differences in habitat quality and sources of ...
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Non-native red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla compensates for seagrass loss as blue crab nursery habitat in the emerging Chesapeake Bay ecosystem [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Non-native species can become deleterious or potentially beneficial as components of novel ecosystems. The non-native red macroalga Gracilaria vermiculophylla may provide nursery habitat where eelgrass Zostera marina has been extirpated in Chesapeake Bay.
Megan A. Wood, Romuald N. Lipcius
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Southern Spaces, 2004 The Chesapeake Bay and the big rivers that feed into it have recently been seen as part of a much larger watershed encompassing six states and hundreds of counties.
William G. Thomas III
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GPS data from 2019 and 2020 campaigns in the Chesapeake Bay region towards quantifying vertical land motions [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) motion of the Earth’s surface Technology Type(s) Global Positioning System Sample Characteristic - Environment Chesapeake Bay Sample Characteristic - Location United ...
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Chesapeake DolphinWatch sightings data (2017–2022): Citizen science reports of bottlenose dolphins observed in the Chesapeake Bay, USA [PDF]
Data in BriefAtlantic bottlenose dolphins are extensively studied, though little has been published regarding their occurrence patterns in the large and highly urbanized estuary of the Chesapeake Bay, USA.
Lauren K. Rodriguez +3 more
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Planktonic eukaryotes in the Chesapeake Bay: contrasting responses of abundant and rare taxa to estuarine gradients [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumPhytoplankton are important drivers of aquatic ecosystem function and environmental health. Their community compositions and distributions are directly impacted by environmental processes and human activities, including in the largest estuary in North ...
Hualong Wang +6 more
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Education Sciences, 2023 The purpose of the current study is to explore several correlates of adolescent students’ preferences for at-home virtual or in-class in-person learning in a single case of a school that serves students with learning differences.
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Socio-ecological analysis of the eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, USA
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 This study is a social-ecological analysis of eutrophication in the Chesapeake Bay, United States of America (USA). It uses an expanded DPSIR framework (Drivers/Pressures/State/ Impacts/Responses) methodology to analyze the issue. In addition, a typology
María Esther Leyva Ollivier +3 more
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