MASC Newsletter 3 - Ecological Forecast, Aquatic Grass in 2005

This newsletter summarizes the main findings of an ecological forecast aimed at predicting changes in aquatic grass area within Chesapeake Bay for the current growing season. This forecast is part of a new initiative of the Chesapeake Bay Program to forecast a range of ecological conditions for the coming summer. In addition to the aquatic grass forecast, a forecast of dissolved oxygen in the Bay’s mainstem and harmful algal blooms in the Potomac River was produced this year (see Chesapeake Update -- Issue 2). Additional components of the Bay’s ecosystem, such as fish abundance, will be forecast in coming years.

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