Document Type
Report
Publication Date
12-2003
Pages
69 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 Rappahannock River. Overall patterns of nutrient and sediment loads are summarized in Table 1.
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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: Rappahannock River (1985-2002)" (2003). Status and Trends for Virginia Chesapeake Bay. 19.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/chesapeakebay-archive_status_reports/19
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