Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions

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Authors

WM Kemp · University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Walter R. Boynton · University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

JE Adolf · University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

DF Boesch · University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

WC Boicourt · University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Grace S. Brush · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Chesapeake Bay is a large estuary which has undergone many changes in its ecological properties and processes in response to nutrient enrichment over the last 2 centuries. Susceptibility of the Bay to eutrophication arises in part from the long dendritic shoreline that intimately connects it to its large watershed (covering an area 15 times that of the Bay) which contains expanding human population centers and extensive agricultural activities.

Topics & Keywords

Marine and environmental studies Marine and coastal plant biology Marine Biology and Ecology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volume 303, pp. 1-29

DOI: 10.3354/meps303001

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