Ecosystem Health Assessment 2016

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• 2004 Complete Report (7.15MB)
• 2016 Complete Report (15MB)

• Cover of the Report
• Chapter 1.1-Ecosystem health assessment
• Chapter 1.2-The Maryland Coastal Bays ecosystem
• Chapter 2.1-A brief history of Maryland's Coastal Bays
• Chapter 3.1-Stream nitrate
• Chapter 3.2-Maryland Biological Stream Survey
• Chapter 3.3-Benthic macroinvertebrate communities
• Chapter 4.1-Nutrients
• Chapter 4.2-Phytoplankton
• Chapter 4.3-Dissolved oxygen
• Chapter 4.4-Water quality index
• Chapter 4.5-Benthic Microalgae
• Chapter 5.1-Seagrass abundance
• Chapter 5.2-Seagrass habitat
• Chapter 5.3-Changes in Water Clarity and Temperature
• Chapter 5.4-Macroalgae Abundance
• Chapter 6.1-Brown Tide
• Chapter 6.2-Assessment of harmful algae bloom
• Chapter 7.1-Fisheries Investigations
• Chapter 7.2-Fish kills
• Chapter 7.3- Shellfish
• Chapter 7.4-Benthic community
• Chapter 7.5-Blue Crabs
• Chapter 7.6-Horseshoe Crabs
• Chapter 7.7-Piping plover
• Chapter 7.8-Avifauna
• Chapter 8.1-Coastal Bays Ecosystem Health Index