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During monsoon season excess sediment is deposited in Chilika Lake, mostly from Mahanadi River tributaries, nearby settlements, and agricultural lands. As the Lake becomes more shallow and its sea outlets fill in with sediment, increased flooding occurs.
Chilika Lake Sedimentation
Diagram depicting Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of Chesapeake Bay to climate impacts.
Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of…
Many parts of Pipe Creek are so shallow that the stream gage is no longer under water. The stream gage will need to be moved further toward the center of the creek to be effective. Sandusky, Ohio.
Shallow Creek Sites
Many parts of Pipe Creek are so shallow that the stream gage is no longer under water. The stream gage will need to be moved further toward the center of the creek to be effective. Sandusky, Ohio.
Shallow Creek Sites
Many parts of Pipe Creek are so shallow that the stream gage is no longer under water. The stream gage will need to be moved further toward the center of the creek to be effective. Sandusky, Ohio.
Shallow Creek Sites
Many parts of Pipe Creek are so shallow that you can see directly through the water to the bottom. This makes sampling difficult, since disturbing the sediment is almost inevitable. Sandusky, Ohio.
Shallow Creeks
Conceptual diagram illustrating a cross section of an array of sampling wells surrounding a Class V injection well to determine rate and direction of wastewater plume and concentration of nutrients as the plume moves through limestone.
Cross section of sampling well array
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds in the Choptank River
SAV bed in the Choptank
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds in the Choptank River
SAV in the Choptank
Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) on a dock and pilings in Monie Creek, part of the Monie Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Laughing Gulls
Monie Creek empties into the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve
Monie Creek
Monitoring water quality in the Monie Bay component of Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve. Fortnightly sampling will contribute to the System-Wide Monitoring Program. Data collected with a YSI probe is recorded.
Monitoring water quality
Poor water clarity is observed along portions of Monie Creek, near residential development situated along the water.
Residential development along Monie Creek
Spartina marsh and pine forest surround much of the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Wetlands along Little Creek
Spartina marsh and pine forest surround much of the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Wetlands along Little Creek
Spartina marsh and pine forest surround much of the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Wetlands along Little Creek
Spartina marsh and pine forest surround much of the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Wetlands along Little Creek
Spartina marsh and pine forest surround much of the Monie Bay component of the Chesapeake Bay, MD National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Wetlands and forest along Monie Creek
Residential development next to a spit off Gwynn Island.
Gwynn Island
Looking north at seagrasses off Gwynn Island
Gwynn Island
A spit off to the south of Gwynn Island protects Milford Haven.
Gwynn Island
Seagrasses can be seen in the bay off New Point campground.
New Point, Virginia
Seagrass off a spit off to the south of Gwynn Island protects Milford Haven.
Spit off Gwynn Island
Spit off Gwynn Island.
Spit off Gwynn Island
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