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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
Improvements in water quality can be counteracted by changes in nutrient sources and land-use practices. Increased nutrient loads from stormwater and intensified agriculture often overwhelm the positive effects of best management practices.
Counteracting Factors Impacting Best Management…
Excess nutrients will result in increased chlorophyll and turbidity, limiting the amount of light that reaches benthic sediment. Light is essential for healthy submerged aquatic vegetation growth.
Light and Dark Conditions Impact on Submerged…
The Black-crowned Night Heron is found in wetland habitats used for foraging and terrestrial vegetation for cover. They nest in groups.
Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron)
The Baltimore Oriole commonly occurs in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. Smaller and more slender than an American Robin, Baltimore Orioles are medium-sized, sturdy-bodied songbirds with thick necks and long legs. Look for their long, thick-based, pointed bills, a hallmark of the blackbird family they belong to.
Icterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)
Coastal wetlands that are protected from erosion have an adequate sediment supply to build upwards, and will likely be more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Coastal Wetlands Resilience to Climate Change…
The Atlantic Bumper is a game fish found from Massachusetts to Florida in the Western Atlantic Ocean. They eat smaller fish, cephalopods, and zooplankton.
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Atlantic Bumper)
The lined seahorse lives in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as Canada and as far south as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Venezuela. It swims in an erect position and uses its dorsal and pectoral fins for guidance while swimming. Lined seahorses feed mainly on minute crustaceans and brine shrimp, which they suck in through their snout.
Hippocampus erectus (Lined Seahorse)
The northern kingfish or northern kingcroaker, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae (commonly known as the
Menticirrhus saxatilis (Northern Kingfish)
Illustration for total nitrogen
Total nitrogen (TN)
Simplified conceptual diagram of the water cycle and major sources of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.
Groundwater Diagram
A diagram depicting the effect that light conditions have on SAV and the trapping of nutrients.
Nutrient Trapping Diagram
A diagram showing best management practices required to target the numerous sources and delivery pathways of excess nutrient loads.
Targeted Practices Diagram
Haemulon plumierii, the white grunt or common grunt, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Haemulidae native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Haemulon plumierii (White Grunt)
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Docked boats on the Bay.
Docked boats
Docked waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Docked waterman's boat
Docked waterman boat.
Waterman boat
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in Neavitt, Maryland.
Watermen boats
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