Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
Chesapeake Bay Commission on Ballast Water
Published on January 1, 1995 in ReportThis report summarizes the findings of the Chesapeake Bay Commission's Ballast Water Work Group. It provides a review of unintentional introductions via ballast water from an ecological, economic, and cultural point of view; it identifies actions currently under consideration at the international, national, and state level; and it offers recommendations to the Bay states and the federal government for reducing the risk of biological invasion via ballast water release in the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Studies - Toxics Research Program - 1994 Workshop Report, Solom
Published on August 1, 1995 in ReportBeginning in September 1985, a hypoxia program was conceived by the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee as an ecologically oriented study focusing on system-level effects. In 1990, the Chesapeake Bay Office joined the CBEEC research program and the focus of the research program was redirected from hypoxia to studies of toxic contaminants in Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Studies - Toxics Research Program Workshop Report
Published on January 1, 1992 in ReportA summary of a 1992 workshop, the purpose of which was to provide a forum for investigators' progress reports, the fostering of collaborative research, evaluation of the Toxics Research Program; and dialogue among researchers , managers and the Chesapeake Bays Environmental Effects Committee.
Chesapeake Bay Fall Line Toxics Monitoring Program 1992 Final Report
Published on January 1, 1994 in ReportFocusing on objectives outlined in a pilot study created to define the magnitude and timing of toxic substances entering the Chesapeake Bay from the area above the fall line of the Susquehanna and James rivers.
Chesapeake Bay Fall Line Toxics Monitoring Program 1992 Interim Report
Published on April 1, 1994 in ReportThis report provides an interim assessment of toxic substance loadings being delivered to the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna, Potomac and James rivers.
Chesapeake Bay Living Resources 1997, Living Resources Subcommittee Annual Report
Published on August 1, 1998 in ReportThis report details the Chesapeake Bay Program's Living Resources Subcommittee accomplishments for 1997. Accomplishments in wetlands, bay grasses, oyster reef restoration, fisheries management, fish passage, habitat restoration, exotic species, waterfowl and other water birds, biological monitoring, and ecosystem modeling are presented.
Chesapeake Bay White Paper-Chesapeake Bay Toxics Strategy
Published on June 1, 1994 in ReportThe Strategy Reevaluation was designed to evaluate toxic conditions of the Bay, assess the effects of current programs, and identify additional actions needed to further reduce toxics impacts in the Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Revised Basinwide Toxic Reduction Strategy Commitment Evaluation Addendum
Published on September 1, 1994 in ReportCommitments are organized under four areas -- pollution prevention, regulatory program implementation, regional focus, and directed toxics assessment.
Chesapeake Bay Toxics of Concern List-Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Commitment Report
Published on May 1, 1991 in ReportIdentifies and provides concise documentation on key toxic substances either adversely impacting the Bay system or for which the reasonable potential to do so exists.
Chesapeake Bay Toxics Reduction Strategy Stakeholder Roundtables (PA/MD/DC Summaries)
Published on July 1, 1994 in ReportThis summary of the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia stakeholder roundtables reflects discussions and recommendations made during the roundtables a well as follow-up written responses annotated on the draft commitments worksheets or in letter format.