Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Progress & Future Directions
Published on October 1, 1997 in ReportSeveral major revisions were made to the 1994 Fall Line Toxics Program. Organic compounds were analyzed for both the dissolved and particulate phases and included forty constituents for the 1994 study.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Nutrient Management Training Manual
Published on April 1, 1997 in ReportSoil reactions and potential loss pathways of the essential plant nutrients that provide a framework for effective nutrient management planning.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Habitat Restoration: A Framework for Action
Published on October 1, 1995 in ReportThis document is available electronically only. This document addresses the Chesapeake Bay priority habitat areas, and habitation restoration implementations.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Goals for Restoration of Living Resource Habitat
Published on February 1, 1993 in ReportA Synthesis of Living Resource Habitat Requirements with Guidelines for Their Use in Evaluating Model Results and Monitoring Information
View detailsChesapeake Bay Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy - Chesapeake Executive Council
Published on January 1, 1994 in ReportIn January 1989, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy in fulfillment of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement commitment and pledged to reevaluate the Strategy in 1992. The Strategy used the requirements of the 1987 Clean Water Act as a foundation for action and initiated a multi-jurisdictional effort to better define the nature, extent, and magnitude of toxics problems.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Area Nutrient Management Programs: An Overview
Published on March 1, 1996 in ReportThis report describes the current programs to ameliorate nonpoint sources of pollution to the Bay that have been developed by the four jurisdictions in cooperation with other agencies; the achievements to date in terms of pollutant removal; and recommendations for future directions of the Bay program over the next several years. The report is organized into five chapters.
View detailsDistribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1996
Published on September 1, 1997 in ReportAssessment of the distribution and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and four Delmarva island barrier bays in 1996. Black-and-white photography at a scale of 1:24,000 was the principal source of information.
View detailsBaywide Nutrient Reduction Strategy Progress Report #1
Published on December 1, 1989 in ReportThis report documents the pollutant removal efficiency of commonly used and innovative urban stormwater practices. One hundred and twenty-three studies, spanning a 19-year period, are summarized in this report.
View detailsDistribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1995
Published on November 1, 1996 in ReportAssessment of distribution and abundance of SAV in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and Chincoteague Bay in 1995. Chincoteague Bay, for the purpose of this report, includes four barrier island bays
View detailsProgress Report of the Baywide Nutrient Reduction Reevaluation
Published on February 1, 1992 in ReportInformation on the financial cost effectiveness and nutrient removal effectiveness of point and nonpoint source technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Expresses costs on an equivalent annual basis, so that relative comparisons can be made among nutrient removal options.
View details