Status and Trends in Water Quality and Living Resources in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay: York River (1985-2002)

Authors

• Daniel M. Dauer, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• Harold G. Marshall, Old Dominion University
• John R. Donat, Old Dominion University
• Michael F. Lane, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• Suzanne Doughten, Old Dominion University
• Frederick A. Hoffman, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality,, Richmond, Virginia

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

12-2003

Pages

84 pp.

Abstract

The Virginia Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries continue to show some environmental trends indicating progress toward restoration of a more balanced and healthy ecosystem. However, the Bay system remains degraded and some areas and indicators show continuing degradation. Progress in reducing nutrient inputs has made demonstrable improvements and we expect that continued progress toward nutrient reduction goals, along with appropriate fisheries management and chemical contaminant controls, will result in additional improvements to the Bay. An overall summary of findings for the major VA Bay tributaries (i.e. James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers) is bulleted below while the remainder of this report focuses on the detailed results for the York River. Overall patterns of nutrients and sediment loads are summarized in Table 1.

Rights

Included with kind permission from the author(s).

Repository Citation

Dauer, Daniel M.; Marshall, Harold G.; Donat, John R.; Lane, Michael F.; Doughten, Suzanne; and Hoffman, Frederick A., "Status and Trends in Water Quality and Living Resources in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay: York River (1985-2002)" (2003). Status and Trends for Virginia Chesapeake Bay. 18.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/chesapeakebay-archive_status_reports/18