Henry A. Rubl - Storming Media

Chesapeake Bay Habitat Criteria Scores and the Distribution of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in the Tidal Potomac River and Potomac Estuary, 1983-1997

1999

41 pages

Authors: Jurate M. Landwehr; Justin T. Reel; Nancy B. Rybicki; Henry A. Rubl; Virginia Carter; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC

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The Chesapeake Bay Program has identified habitat requirements for the restoration of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Chesapeake Bay estuary and tidal reaches of contributing river systems conditioned on the salinity regime of a specific location. The tidal Potomac River and Potomac Estuary is an important component of the Chesapeake Bay system to which these requirements can be applied. The SAV habitat requirements are formulated as threshold criteria that ...