Publications

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Better quantifying the lag time between changes in nutrient and sediment sources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and improvement in the Bays water quality and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is critical to help resource managers to implement the most effective nutrient and sediment reduction strategies and for scientists to improve monitoring and modeling. There is a large degree of uncertainty about the lag time between implementing nutrient and sediment best management practices and detecting an actual improvement of water quality and SAV in the Bay. Results from this Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) workshop suggest that lag times associated with implementation of management practices, impacts of watershed properties, and response of the Bay water quality will make it very difficult to meet water-quality criteria in the Bay by 2010. However, the information about lag times can be used by resource managers to prioritize implementation of practices that provide the most rapid improvement in water quality and improve models and monitoring.

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Available in digital format and hardcopy. Globally and nationally, persuasive arguments have been developed to promote increased implementation of spatial measures to conserve and protect marine ecosystems, to preserve or restore biodiversity, to protect habitats, and to be applied as tools that are alternatives or supplements to conventional fisheries management. The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) recognized that it was important to define what might be achieved through designation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and other spatial management tools in the Bay and its watershed that could not be achieved through conventional management, or could be achieved with greater probability of success and more economically through spatial management. Workshop participants represented a diverse group of stakeholders, management agencies, and academia and several concerns were identified and recommendations made which are included in this workshop report.

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The second SAV Technical Synthesis revises and updates the first synthesis, by providing new light requirements for SAV through the water column and at the leaf surface, providing diagnostic tools for their application and interpretation, and identifying preliminary sets of physical, chemical, and other biological habitat requirements.

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This workbook outlines more than 30 Pollution Prevention strategies a facility can implement to help protect and improve the Bay.

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The 1999 Living Resources Subcommittee's Annual Report informs LRSC members and interested parties of the workgroups' activities during 1999 and goals for 2000. Includes maps and links to other relevant sites.

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A summary of the recommendations from the Cap Issue and Policy Groups providing guidance for program planningregarding the nutrient cap.

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Guidelines, requirements and procedures for field and measurements, field sampling and laboratory analysis in support of the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program. Quality control protocols are specified.

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This report summarizes the results of the 1994-1998 coordinated split sample program for the mainstem Chesapeake Bay Parameters with poor agreement are investigated, problems identified, and coorective actions are taken to improve inter-laboratory agreement.

The bojective of this study was to develop statistical diagnositc tools that would allow environmental managers to identify potential sources of anthropogenic stress to benthic communities within the Chesapeake Bay.

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Study to evaluate ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests in concert with fish and benthic community assessments.

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