The Economic Argument for Cleaning Up the Chesapeake Bay and its Rivers [PDF]
, 2012 Failure to "Save the Bay" threatens the Bay's value as an economic driver. Conversely, investing in clean-water technology creates jobs, generates economic activity, and saves money in the long run. Hence, the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake
Tom Pelton
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The Benefits of Achieving the Chesapeake Bay TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads): A Scoping Study [PDF]
Concerns about nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay have led to the establishment of pollution limits—total maximum daily loads (TMDLs)—which, by 2025, are expected to reduce nitrogen loadings to the Bay by 25 percent and phosphorous loadings by 24 ...
Cropper, Maureen L., Isaac, William
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Evaluation Framework for Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PDF]
, 2009 Water quality trading programs are being proposed and implemented across the US in a variety of forms and with differing objectives. The programs being proposed and implemented in the Chesapeake Bay region are no exception.
Bill Angstadt +9 more
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Chesapeake Bay Tidal Characteristics
Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2010 The basic knowledge of tidal characteristics in Chesapeake Bay is a prerequisite to understand the tidal processes in Chesapeake Bay. The tidal characteristics in Chesapeake Bay were assessed in this paper using basic tidal hydraulic analysis.
Yi Xiong, Charlie R. Berger
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How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Pennsylvania Farms [PDF]
, 2010 Outlines how legislation to make the Chesapeake Bay watershed healthier, including a program allowing farms that reduce runoff of nutrients to below target to sell "credits," would benefit Pennsylvania farms through cost-sharing funds and new ...
Cy Jones +4 more
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Modeling the Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries: a synopsis [PDF]
, 1976 The last decade has seen the development and application of a spectrum of physical and numerical hydrographic models of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Ulanowicz, Robert E.
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Design of a Recreational Fishing Survey and Mark-Recapture Study for the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, in Chesapeake Bay [PDF]
, 2000 The development of bay wide estimates of recreational harvest has been identified as a high priority by the Chesapeake Bay Scientific Advisory Committee (CBSAC) and by the Chesapeake Bay Program as reflected in the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery ...
Fogarty, Michael J. +3 more
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Nutrients in waters on the inner shelf between Cape Charles and Cape Hatteras [PDF]
The distribution of nutrients in the shelf waters of the southern tip of the Middle Atlantic Bight was investigated. It is concluded that the outflow of freshwater from the Chesapeake Bay is a potential source of nutrients to the adjacent shelf waters ...
Todd, J. F., Wong, G. T. F.
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Reproductive phenology of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population in a changing climate
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionGlobal temperatures are rising across marine ecosystems in response to climate change. Marine and estuarine-dependent species including the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, may adapt to warming temperatures phenologically, by shifting the seasonal timing ...
Alexandra K. Schneider +2 more
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Assessment and validation of total water storage in the Chesapeake Bay watershed using GRACE
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2019 The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, and its catchment has heterogeneous hydrological and geomorphologic characteristics. It includes seven major river basins: James, Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, Susquehanna, Western Shore,
Venkataramana Sridhar +2 more
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