USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities Programs and Projects Science Studies

USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities

Programs and Projects—Science Studies

USGS Science Theme	Collaborating USGS Projects and Project Chiefs
Causes and Consequences of Land-Use Change	Causes and Consequences of Land-Use Change in the Chesapeake Bay watershed - P. Claggett Enhancements to SLUETH Urban Growth Model for Regional Use - D. Donato Best Management Practices Designed to Improve Developing Landscapes - D. Hogan Chesapeake Bay Pilot Impervious Surface Area Accuracy Assessment - J. Jones Decision-support analysis and systems for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem - P. Hearn Top
Factors Affecting Water Quality and Quantity	Monitoring and assessment of nutrients and sediment Factors affecting water quality and quantity - J. Blomquist River Input Monitoring Project - J. Blomquist, K. Hyer Water Monitoring Network for Fairfax County - K. Hyer WVA CBP Network Water-Quality Monitoring - D. Chambers Influence of ground-water flow paths and residence time on nitrogen Ground-water modeling in hydrologic settings - W. Sanford Submarine ground-water discharge - J. Bratton Ground-water age determination - N. Plummer Fate and transport of nitrate in ground water - J. K. Bohlke Geology of Middle Chesapeake Bay and Estuaries - W. Newell, D. Powars, A. Schultz Karst applied research studies - D. Doctor, D. Weary Ground-water model of Opequon Creek watershed - J. Eggleston NAWQA Piedmont/V&R study- B. Lindsey, J. Denver, S. Ator NAWQA Atlantic Coastal Plain study- T. Hancock, J. Denver, S. Ator Ground-water flow and denitrification in Choptank - J. Denver, S. Ator Effects of Climate Variability on Water Resources in an Urbanizing Landscape, Gwynns Falls-USGS MD WSC Blackwater Refuge ground-water studies - D. Yeskis Factors affecting fate and transport of nutrients and sediment Development of SPARROW models - J. Brakebill, S. Ator, R. Alexander Factors affecting water quality and quantity - A. Gellis Vegetation and Hydrogeomorphology - C. Hupp, N. Rybicki Fate of nutrients associated with sediment - G. Noe Biogeochemistry of Metals and Nutrients - N. Simon Top
Ability of habitat to support fish and bird populations	Factors affecting fish health and habitat Fish Health and Endocrine Disruption in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - V. Blazer Emerging Contaminants - D. Kolpin Identification of Emerging Contaminants in Potomac Watershed Using Passive Samplers - D. Alvarez Toxics in WVA waters - D. Chambers Investigations on Causes of Fish Kills - P. Mazik Characterization of Emerging Contaminants and Fish Health in PA - L. Iwanowicz Occurrence of Unregulated Contaminants in PA Waters - K. Crawford Effects of contaminants on the innate immune system of fish in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage - L. Robertson Landscape analysis approach to fish health issues in the Chesapeake Bay - J. Young Lowflow studies for ecological needs - J. Krstolic Factors affecting water birds and habitats Prescribed fires and coastal marsh habitat at Blackwater NWR - D. Cahoon, G. Guntenspergen Assessing relative value of marshes and islands to migratory birds in CB - M. Erwin Nutria impacts on marsh loss and impact of control measures - M. Haramis Atlantic Seaduck Study - M. Perry Contaminant Vertebrate Data Base and potential water bird disease - B. Rattner http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/contaminants-online/ http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/health/Rattner/rattner_blackwaternwr.cfm Top
Climate Change and Coastal Hazards	Landscape Response to Climate Change - M. Pavich Geology of Middle Chesapeake Bay and Estuaries - W. Newell Climate variability and changes in water quantity and quality - K. Rice Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System (CIPS) - M. Koterba Effects of Climate Variability on Water Resources in an Urbanizing Landscape, Gwynns Falls - USGS MD WSC Top
Synthesis and Forecasting for Ecosystem Management	Synthesis and coordination for ecosystem management - S. Phillips

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