Publications by Zhaoying Wei

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A novel threshold-based indicator for assessing dissolved oxygen criteria attainment deficits, buffers, and trends in estuarine waters (Page 1)

A novel threshold-based indicator for assessing dissolved oxygen criteria attainment deficits, buffers, and trends in estuarine waters

Zhang Q, Tian R, Wei Z, Murphy RR, Gootman KS, Tango PJ ·
2025

Low dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions pose a persistent threat to aquatic life in coastal ecosystems. In Chesapeake Bay, DO criteria are used to evaluate restoration progress, but traditional assessment methods—such as binary pass/fail outcomes and attainment deficit metrics—can obscure important spatial and temporal variability across tidal segments.

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James Tributary Summary: A summary of trends in tidal water quality and associated factors, 1985-2021 (Page 1)

James Tributary Summary: A summary of trends in tidal water quality and associated factors, 1985-2021

Sullivan B, Gootman K, Gunnerson A, Johnson C, Mason C, Perry E, Bhatt G, Keisman J, Webber J, Harcum J, Lane M, Devereux O, Zhang Q, Murphy R, Karrh R, Butler T, Van Note V, Wei Z ·
3 November 2023

The James Tributary Summary outlines change over time for a suite of monitored tidal water quality parameters and associated potential drivers of those trends for the period 1985 – 2021 and provides a brief description of the current state of knowledge explaining these observed changes.

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Potomac Tributary Report: A summary of trends in tidal water quality and associated factors, 1985-2018 (Page 1)

Potomac Tributary Report: A summary of trends in tidal water quality and associated factors, 1985-2018

Keisman J, Murphy RR, Devereux OH, Harcum J, Karrh R, Lane M, Perry E, Webber J, Wei Z, Zhang Q, Petenbrink M ·
18 December 2020

The Potomac Tributary Report summarizes change over time in a suite of monitored tidal water quality parameters and associated potential drivers of those trends for the time period 1985 – 2018, and provides a brief description of the current state of knowledge explaining these observed changes.

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