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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
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