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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Editors
S.K. Majumdar, L.W. Hall , Jr. and H.M. Austin
Publication Date
1987
Book Title
Contaminant Problems and Management of Living Chesapeake Bay Resources
Publisher
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
City
Easton, PA
Abstract
The water quality of the Chesapeake Bay has suffered a decline over the last 5 decades due to anthropomorphic activities. Insidious additions of industrial and farm pollutant to the Bay have created a situation where in many areas there are periodic sub lethal levels of chemicals. Although the juveniles and adults seem to survive these levels, they are obviously interfering with some early life stage of the living organisms that make up the bay fauna. Species whose early life history takes place out of the Bay (i.e. Cal!inectes sapidus) are less affected by this problem than those species whose eggs, embryos and larvae are found in the Bay.
Over 70,000 chemical are being manufactured in the United States today. Of the e approximately 50,000 are being produced in excess of 1.3 billion pounds annually.
ISBN
0960667075
Keywords
Estuarine ecology, water pollution, environmental policy
Recommended Citation
Castagna, Michael, "Mollusk Culture for the Chesapeake Bay" (1987). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 59.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/59
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