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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Editors
Maurice P. Lynch and Elizabeth C. Krome.
Publication Date
1988
Book Title
Understanding the Estuary: Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research - Proceedings of a Conference March 23-31, 1988
Publisher
Chesapeake Research Consortium
City
Solomons, Maryland
Series
CRC Publication No. 129 | CBP/TRS 24/88
Abstract
In 1978, a program was initiated in the Chesapeake Bay region to investigate the decline of submerged aquatic vegetation (SA V), potential factors that may have led to its decline, its distribution and abundance, and its .role and value. The program began with little available background data, but some very basic questions about SAV in the Bay were answered in the approximately three years of research that were funded. For example, it was determined that the decline of SAV was Baywide. All SA V species were affected and the decline was unprecedented in the recent history of the Bay. A second important finding was that the decline of SA V was most probably not related to any specific contaminant per se (e.g., herbicide contamination) but appeared to be related to deteriorating water quality in the Bay.
Recommended Citation
Orth, Robert J. and Moore, Kenneth A., "Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay: A Barometer of Bay Health" (1988). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 161.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/161
