Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
6-1989
Series
Special report in applied marine science and ocean engineering ; no. 302.
Abstract
There are several objectives to this study. The immediate objective is to collect a comprehensive and consistent set of field observations to better describe the hypoxic condition in the Rappahannock River. Other objectives can be classified as short and long term goals.
Long term: (1) Identify and quantify the processes contributing to the dissolved oxygen budget in deep waters, and explain the variabilities among the three Virginia major tributary estuaries. (2) Provide information for resource management so that the James River can be protected from hypoxic problems and, perhaps, the problems in the York and Rappahannock Rivers can be alleviated.
Short term: (1) Is the hypoxic condition in the Rappahannock River just an extension of that in Chesapeake Bay, or does it originate locally within the river?
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5XB06
Keywords
Water quality -- Virginia -- Rappahannock River, Water --Composition, Hydrology
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Kuo, A. Y., & Moustafa, M. Z. (1989) Hypoxia in the Lower Rappahannock Estuary. Special report in applied marine science and ocean engineering ; no. 302.. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5XB06
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