Maryland's Coastal Bays - Ecosystem Health Assessment 2004

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• Complete Report (7.15MB)

• Cover of the Report
• Table of contents and Introduction
• Section 1: Introduction to the Maryland Coastal Bays
  • Chapter 1.1-Ecosystem health assessment
  • Chapter 1.2-The Maryland Coastal Bays ecosystem
• Section 2: Historical Summary
  • Chapter 2.1-A brief history of the Maryland Coastal Bays
• Section 3: Stream Health in the Maryland Coastal Bays
  • Chapter 3.1-Stream nitrate
  • Chapter 3.2-Maryland Biological Stream Survey
  • Chapter 3.3-Benthic macroinvertebrate communities
• Section 4: Water Quality in the Maryland Coastal Bays

  Chapter 4.1-Nutrients Chapter 4.2-Phytoplankton Chapter 4.3-Dissolved oxygen Chapter 4.4-Water quality index Chapter 4.5-Benthic chlorophyll Section 5: Sediment Quality in the Maryland Coastal Bays Chapter 5.1-Total organic carbon Chapter 5.2-Chemical contaminants Chapter 5.3-Ambient toxicity Section 6: Habitat Condition in the Maryland Coastal Bays Chapter 6.1-Seagrass abundance  Chapter 6.2-Seagrass habitat suitability  Chapter 6.3-Macroalgae survey results Chapter 6.4-Wetlands Chapter 6.5-Shoreline Section 7: Harmful Algae Blooms Chapter 7.1-Brown tide Chapter 7.2-Harmful algal bloom assessment Section 8: Status of Living Resources in the Maryland Coastal Bays Chapter 8.1-Phytoplankton Chapter 8.2-Finfish Chapter 8.3-Fish kills Chapter 8.4-Shellfish Chapter 8.5-Benthic community Chapter 8.6-Blue crabs Chapter 8.7-Horseshoe crabs Chapter 8.8-Piping plover Chapter 8.9-Invasive species Section 9: Summary Chapter 9.1-Ecosystem health index Appendix A-Molluscs of Maryland Coastal Bays Appendix B-Finfish of Maryland Coastal Bays Coastal Bays Home DNR Home

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