Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life

Your guide to organisms found in and around the bay

Phytoplankton / Algae Microscopic plants: The basis of the Bay's food web	Fish Valuable for recreation, industry and the health of the Bay.	Bay Grasses Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay
Benthic Organisms Bottom dwellers: worms, clams and more!	Aquatic Insects The Bay is a good home and breeding ground form many insects	Zooplankton Microscopic animals: an important link in the web of life