Este reporte de salud provee una evaluación transparente, oportuna y geográficamente detallada del río Tuparro, que es una de las sub-cuencas del río Orinoco. En 2016, la calificación global para el río Tuparro es de 3.9. Esto significa que el Tuparro cuenta con una salud moderadamente buena. Para más detalles visite el reporte en la página web orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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Este reporte de salud provee una evaluación transparente, oportuna y geográficamente detallada del río Vichada, que es una de las sub-cuencas del río Orinoco. En 2016, la calificación global para el río Vichada es de 3.1. Esto significa que el Vichada cuenta con una salud moderadamente buena. Para más detalles visite el reporte en la página web orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Tomo River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Tomo River is a 84%, an A-. This means the Tomo is in good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Tuparro River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Tuparro River is a 77%, a B+. This means the Tuparro is in moderately good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Vichada River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Vichada River is a 61%, a B-. This means the Vichada is in moderately good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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As an Indian River Lagoon report card was being prepared in a collaboration between the Marine Resource Council and IAN, a brown algal bloom led to huge numbers of dead fish and other aquatic life. This Florida ecosystem of a chain of coastal rivers and lagoons has been struggling for years under a heavy pollution load entering its waters.

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This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Chesapeake Bay. In 2015, the report card includes five water quality indicators and two biotic indicators. In 2015, the overall grade for Chesapeake Bay is a 53%, a C. This means the Bay is in moderate health. Long term trends of each reporting region health and a fisheries index are also presented. For further details, visit the Report Card website.

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The export of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and suspended sediment (SS) is a long-standing management con- cern for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA. Here we present a comprehensive evaluation of nutrient and sed- iment loads over the last three decades at multiple locations in the Susquehanna River basin (SRB), Chesapeake's largest tributary watershed.

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A coupled estuarine hydrodynamic model and water quality model were used to analyze differences in destratification and anoxia/hypoxia reduction by wind directions in the north-south oriented Chesapeake estuary, USA. The predominant cross-channel bathymetry in the Bay's anoxic center is asymmetric with a steeper and narrower shoal on the eastern shore than on the western shore, which modifies wind-induced circulation differently for two opposite wind directions.

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We held an initial workshop April 25, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to begin production of a report card for the Guanabara Bay and its watershed. This newsletter summarizes the discussions with environmental and social scientists, engineers, and government officials who developed a first draft of the indicators and reporting regions for the assessment of Guanabara Bay and its river basins.

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