Predicting Effects of Climate Change on Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.H. Hines ◽  
E.G. Johnson ◽  
M.Z. Darnell ◽  
D. Rittschof ◽  
T.J. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Blue Crabs

scholarly journals Effects of Infectious Diseases on Population Dynamics of Marine Organisms in Chesapeake Bay

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerelle A. Jesse ◽  
M. Victoria Agnew ◽  
Kohma Arai ◽  
C. Taylor Armstrong ◽  
Shannon M. Hood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Eastern Oyster ◽  
Marine Organisms ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Pathogen Dynamics ◽  
Growth And Reproduction

AbstractDiseases are important drivers of population and ecosystem dynamics. This review synthesizes the effects of infectious diseases on the population dynamics of nine species of marine organisms in the Chesapeake Bay. Diseases generally caused increases in mortality and decreases in growth and reproduction. Effects of diseases on eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) appear to be low in the 2000s compared to effects in the 1980s–1990s. However, the effects of disease were not well monitored for most of the diseases in marine organisms of the Chesapeake Bay, and few studies considered effects on growth and reproduction. Climate change and other anthropogenic effects are expected to alter host-pathogen dynamics, with diseases of some species expected to worsen under predicted future conditions (e.g., increased temperature). Additional study of disease prevalence, drivers of disease, and effects on population dynamics could improve fisheries management and forecasting of climate change effects on marine organisms in the Chesapeake Bay.

scholarly journals Can we predict the future: juvenile finfish and their seagrass nurseries in the Chesapeake Bay

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Seagrass Habitat ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Landscape Level

Abstract The importance of estuarine seagrass beds as nurseries for juvenile fish has become a universal paradigm, especially for estuaries that are as important as the Chesapeake Bay. Yet, scientific tests of this hypothesis were equivocal depending on species, location, and metrics. Moreover, seagrasses themselves are under threat and one-third of seagrasses have disappeared worldwide with 65% of their losses occurring in estuaries. Although there have been extensive studies of seagrasses in the Chesapeake Bay, surprisingly few studies have quantified the relationship between seagrass as nurseries for finfish in the Bay. Of the few studies that have directly evaluated the use of seagrass nurseries, most have concentrated on single species or were of short duration. Few landscape-level or long-term studies have examined this relationship in the Bay or explored the potential effect of climate change. This review paper summarizes the seagrass habitat value as nurseries and presents recent juvenile fish studies that address the dearth of research at the long term and landscape level with an emphasis on the Chesapeake Bay. An important conclusion upon the review of these studies is that predicting the effects of climate change on fishery production remains uncertain.

scholarly journals Estimating Shifts in Phenology and Habitat Use of Cobia in Chesapeake Bay Under Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Crear ◽  
Brian E. Watkins ◽  
Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs ◽  
Pierre St-Laurent ◽  
Kevin C. Weng
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Chesapeake Bay

scholarly journals Worsened physical condition due to climate change contributes to the increasing hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay

2018 ◽  
Vol 630 ◽  
pp. 707-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabi Du ◽  
Jian Shen ◽  
Kyeong Park ◽  
Ya Ping Wang ◽  
Xin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Physical Condition

scholarly journals Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond G. Najjar ◽  
Christopher R. Pyke ◽  
Mary Beth Adams ◽  
Denise Breitburg ◽  
Carl Hershner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Potential Climate Change

Stream Restoration Performance and Its Contribution to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL: Challenges Posed by Climate Change in Urban Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1227-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Williams ◽  
Gopal Bhatt ◽  
Solange Filoso ◽  
Guido Yactayo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Stream Restoration
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