scholarly journals Sediment dynamics and implications for management: State of the science from long‐term research in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory B. Noe ◽  
Matthew J. Cashman ◽  
Katie Skalak ◽  
Allen Gellis ◽  
Kristina G. Hopkins ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Sediment Dynamics ◽  
Chesapeake Bay Watershed ◽  
State Of The Science

Long-term pCO2 dynamics in rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bala Krishna Prasad ◽  
Sujay S. Kaushal ◽  
Raghu Murtugudde
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment: Who are they, and Where are they?

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 2705-2709 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Stock Assessment ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Population Fluctuations ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Fisheries Resources ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
Climate Scale ◽  
Resource And Environment

The Chesapeake Bay, while a significant habitat for fisheries resources, is in actuality an aquatic “bedroom community”, as many of the economically important species are seasonally transient. The pressure on these resources due to their demand for human consumption and recreation, proximity to extensive industrial activity along the shores, and climate scale environmental fluctuations has resulted in stock declines by most important species. Our inability to separate natural population fluctuations from those of anthropogenic origin complicates management efforts. The only way to make these separations, and subsequent informed management decisions is by supporting long-term stock assessment programs (monitoring) in the Bay which allow us to examine trends, cycles and stochastic processes between resource and environment. These programs need to monitor both recruitment and fishing mortality rates of the economically important species, and to identify and monitor the environmentally sensitive “canary” species.

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