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Conceptual diagram illustrating the long term restoration goals in the Chesapeake Bay, USA.
Chesapeake Bay restoration goals
Conceptual diagram illustrating how nutrients trigger large algae blooms, which decrease oxygen.
Algal blooms result in low oxygen
Conceptual diagram illustrating the challenges that urban development creates on coastal/marine ecosystems.
Bay encroachment
Conceptual diagram illustrating how Chesapeake Bay aquatic grasses, in general, have been declining over the last several decades due to poor water quality.
Chesapeake Bay aquatic grass distribution from…
Diagram illustrating native vs invasive Phragmites strain.
Native vs invasive Phragmites
Conceptual Diagram illustrating the percentage of nitrogen input in the Chesapeake Bay.
Nitrogen input in the Chesapeake Bay
Conceptual diagram illustrating the movement of nutrient in a coastal ecosystem.
Nutrient flow in an estuary
Conceptual diagram illustrating the percentage of phosphorus inputs in the Chesapeake bay.
Phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay
Poor vs effective management for storm water in developments near a coastal/marine ecosystem.
Poor vs effective storm management
Diagram illustrating how restoration of riparian forest buffers helps recycle nutrients and improve water quality.
Riparian forest buffers
Conceptual diagram illustrating the two-layer flow of the Chesapeake Bay and other estuaries, and the sediment influence.
Sediment influence and water clarity
Conceptual diagram illustrating the source of inputs in a coastal ecosystem.
Sources of nitrogen/phosphorus deposition
Conceptual diagram illustrating how cover crops reduce nitrogen input in a water body.
Winter cover crops reduce nitrates

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