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Effects of Tropical Storm Agnes on Nutrient Flux and Distribution in Lower Chesapeake Bay
Smith, C. L. MacIntyre, W. G. Lake, C. A. Windsor, J. G.
Smith, C. L.
MacIntyre, W. G.
Lake, C. A.
Windsor, J. G.
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Nutrient concentrations measured in lower Chesapeake Bay in the summer of 1972 immediately following the flooding associated with Tropical Storm Agnes are compared with those in the summer of 1973, a season of more normal rainfall. The large amount of land runoff produced unseasonably high concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen in the Bay near the mouth of the Potomac River. Phosphate concentrations were essentially unaffected by the flooding. Fluxes of total nitrogen and total phosphorus nutrients through the mouth of Chesapeake Bay were calculated for both summers. The calculated net export of nutrients from the Bay in both August 1972, and June 1973 was found to be small in comparison to nutrient inputs.
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1976
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