Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-24-2003
Pages
108 pp.
Abstract
This summary includes materials provided by Rick Hoffman of the Chesapeake Bay Program of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Environmental information regarding other important conditions in Chesapeake Bay (e.g. submerged aquatic vegetation, fisheries, chemical contaminants) has been reported previously (Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries: Results of Monitoring Programs And Status of Resources; 2002 Biennial Report of the Secretary of Natural Resources to The Virginia General Assembly).
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. Findings from the last 17 years of the monitoring programs are highlighted below. Patterns of nutrient and sediment loads are summarized in Table 1.
Rights
Included with kind permission from the author(s).
ORCID
0000-0003-3618-1811 (Carpenter)
Repository Citation
Dauer, Daniel M.; Marshall, Harold G.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Donat, John R.; and Lane, Michael F., "Status and Trends in Water Quality and Living Resources in the Virginia Chesapeake Bay: James River (1985-2001)" (2003). Status and Trends for Virginia Chesapeake Bay. 23.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/chesapeakebay-archive_status_reports/23
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