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Bay Grass Restoration in Chesapeake Bay (Page 1)

Bay Grass Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers, Tracey Saxby ·
1 August 2005

Chesapeake Bay has historically supported extensive bay grass (underwater grasses) meadows (>75,000 ha). However, water quality degradation from increased sediment and nutrient inputs has reduced the areal coverage and depth penetration of bay grasses, with one third of historical distributions remaining (21,648 ha; 1985-2004 mean). Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses are comprised of a variety of freshwater, brackish, and marine species.

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Creating a framework for reporting ecological conditions: National Capital Region Network of the National Park Service (Page 1)

Creating a framework for reporting ecological conditions: National Capital Region Network of the National Park Service

Jane Hawkey ·
1 August 2005

This newsletter is the product of the May 2005 Vital Signs workshop, with participants from each of the 11 National Parks within the NCRN. The National Park Service (NPS) is implementing a series of programs designed to provide a stronger scientific basis for management actions. The Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program was initiated in 1990 to help fulfill this mission.

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'Bar Cleaning' in Oyster Restoration

Kennedy VS, Meritt DW, Newell RIE, North EW, Paynter KT, Boesch DF ·
21 July 2005

Scientists with expertise in oyster biology, restoration, and management within the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science met to discuss their diverse perspectives on bar cleaning and power dredging. They developed this consensus statement to offer the Center's best scientific advice to decision makers, managers, stakeholders and partners in oyster restoration.

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MASC Newsletter 2 - Ecological Forecast, Summer 2005 (Page 1)

MASC Newsletter 2 - Ecological Forecast, Summer 2005

Ben Longstaff, David Jasinski ·
1 May 2005

This newsletter summarizes the main findings and methods of a new initiative to forecast ecological conditions of Chesapeake Bay for the coming summer. This year’s forecast focuses on three important elements of the Bay’s health—dissolved oxygen (DO) in the Bay’s mainstem, harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Potomac River, and changes in submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) distribution.

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Redesign of Chesapeake Bay Program indicator structure and communication strategy: Goals, rationale and products (Page 1)

Redesign of Chesapeake Bay Program indicator structure and communication strategy: Goals, rationale and products

Ben Longstaff ·
1 April 2005

The Indicator Redesign Taskforce was assembled to provide a vision for the Chesapeake Bay Program indicators and the manner in which they are communicated. In doing so, the Indicator Redesign Taskforce is initiating and steering the necessary changes through the Monitoring and Analysis Subcommittee. This document describes the goals, approach and methods used to redesign the ecological indicators and outlines the communication strategy used to convey these changes to the public.

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Competitive outcomes of aquatic container diptera depend on predation and resource levels

Griswold MW and Lounibos LP ·
2005

Resources and predation are both known to be important in structuring communities; however the strength of one factor may be affected by the intensity of the other. This study used a fully crossed factorial experiment in laboratory microcosms to examine the ability of a predator, Corethrella appendiculata (Grabham), and basal resources (leaf litter) to differentially affect two competing species of mosquito prey.

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