These features help to synthesize USGS findings or provide links to selected sites where USGS findings have been used or presented.

General

USGS contributes to 2011 Chesapeake Bay Summer Forecast (June 2011)

Science for the Future of the Bay - Congressional briefing (September 2010) ...learn more

USGS contributes to 2011 action plan for the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order. (September 2010) To learn more...

Executive Order 13508 directs the USGS to expand its resources and expertise to address the challenges facing the Chesapeake (May 2010) ....read more

USGS contributes the "Bay Barometer," which provides an overview of the health and restoration of the Chesapeake Ecosystem (April 2010) ...read more

Results from two USGS studies were featured in the Frontline program "Poisoned Waters" (April 2009) ... learn more

USGS summaries information about the Chesapeake Bay and implications for ecosystem management (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Land Use and Climate Change

Human Population Growth and Land-Use Change (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Long-Term Changes in Climate and Water Quality (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Factors Affecting Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

USGS poster map of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

USGS science contributes to understanding of Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay (October 2008) ...read more

USGS studies population growth in the Bay watershed (November 2006) ... read more

Water-Quality Conditions and Change

Monitoring Water-Quality Changes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (May 2011) ...read more

Measuring Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Chesapeake Bay (May 2011) ...read more

Heavy Rainstorms Flood Chesapeake Bay with Nutrient, Sediment Pollution (March 2011) ...read more

New USGS method improves ability to track nutrients flowing into Bay (Bay Journal, November 2010) ... read more

A New Understanding of 31 Years of Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Trends (September 2010) ...read more

USGS News Release: Susquehanna Reservoirs Losing Sediment-Storage Capacity (July 2009) ...read more

Factors Affecting the Distribution and Transport of Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

The transport time of nitrogen in ground water to help understand the "lag time" between implementing management actions and seeing a water-quality response (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Sources and transport of sediment and the impact on stream quality in the watershed (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Sediment sources to the Bay includes watershed inputs, erosion of shorelines and wetlands, and ocean inputs (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

The occurrence of pesticides in the Bay watershed (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Contaminant exposure and impacts on waterbirds and selected wildlife (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Contaminant Exposure and Effects—Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database

Fish, Wildlife, and Habitats

Fish and Their Habitats

Seasonal Fishery Closure Could Benefit Blue Crab Population, Economy of Chesapeake Bay (February 2011) ... read more

Multiple Causes of Fish Kills in the Potomac River Basin (November 2010) ... read more

Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality (September 2010) ... read more

USGS News Release: Susquehanna River: Low Oxygen/Warmer Water are Likely Factors in Fish Disease (October 2009) ...read more

USGS News Release: Widespread Occurrence of Intersex Bass Found in U.S. Rivers (September 2009) ...read more

USGS News Release: One Step Closer to Understanding Fish Health in Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers (June 2009) ...read more

New USGS findings about fish health in the Bay watershed (October 2008) ...read more

Factors affecting fish health (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Wildlife and Their Habitats

Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality (September 2010) ... read more

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Water Clarity (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

Changes in Food and Habitats of Waterbirds (USGS Circular 1316, February 2008) ... read more

USGS research shows link between sea duck and oyster populations (November 2007) ...read more

Decision Tools

COAST: See the newly developed Chesapeake Online Adaptive Support Toolkit

USGS information used to help develop ecological forecasts for the Chesapeake Bay... see more

The USGS conducts water-quality workshop to enhance the science-based approaches to implementing the tributary strategies for nutrient and sediment reduction in the Bay watershed.

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