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In the News

Pottsville (Pa.) Republican Herald: Aquatic scientist given national audience 5/3/09

Associated Press: Va., W.Va. scientists study unexplained fish kills 4/30/09

Washington Post: No Conclusion on What's Altering Fish 4/22/09

USGS News Release: From Fingerprints and Water Quality to Intersex Fish: USGS at the Conference on Ecosystem Based Management: Chesapeake Bay and Other Estuaries 3/23/09

Washington Post: Bay's Health Remains Poor, Study Says 3/20/2009

Bay Journal: Clean up funds to be targeted March 2009

Baltimore Sun: Bay's health not getting better, EPA says 3/20/09

Hampton Roads Virginian Pilot: Chesapeake Bay gets another poor score for health 3/20/09

Washington Times: Report: Bay's health static 3/20/09

Southern Maryland Online: Report: Bay health 'severely degraded' 3/19/09

Associated Press: Chesapeake Bay's health not improving 3/19/09

Annapolis (Md.) Capital: New report: Bay's health still in trouble 3/19/09


Features

bulletNew New findings about intersex fish ...read more

bulletNewResults from two USGS studies were featured in the Frontline program "Poisoned Waters" ... learn more

bullet USGS News Release: From Fingerprints and Water Quality to Intersex Fish: USGS at the Conference on Ecosystem Based Management: Chesapeake Bay and Other Estuaries...read more

bullet USGS contributes to new "Bay Barometer" to better assess the health and restoration of the Chesapeake Ecosystem...read more

bullet COAST: See the newly developed Chesapeake Online Adaptive Support Toolkit

bullet USGS science contributes to understanding of Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay ...read more

bullet Circular 1316 - Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management ...read more

bullet To read previous USGS features about the Chesapeake Bay visit...


Recent Publications

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More user friendly bibliography of USGS Chesapeake Bay references ...visit

The Journal of Environment and Toxicology released USGS report "Utilization of Protein Expression Profiles as Indicators of Environmental Impairment of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) from the Shenandoah River, Virginia, USA". Read more...

Reconnaissance of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants in the Shenandoah and James River Basins, Virginia, During Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1231

Geomorphic Map of Worcester County, Maryland, Interpreted from a LIDAR-Based, Digital Elevation Model, — OFR 2008-1005M

Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1093

Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental ManagementUSGS Circular 1316

Review paper on the relevance of Chesapeake and Everglades paleoecological studies to ecoystem restoration, part of a special issue in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Read more...

Noe, G.B., and C.R. Hupp. 2007. Seasonal variation in nutrient retention during inundation of a short-hydroperiod floodplain. River Research and Applications 23: 1088-1101. Read more...

Open-File Report 2007-1372 Changes in Streamflow, Concentrations, and Loads in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1985-2006 is now available online. Read more...

For more visit the Bibliography of USGS Chesapeake Bay Publications page.



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USGS participates in the Chesapeake Bay Program by providing data, conducting studies, and serving on technical committees and workgroups.

For more articles visit ... the Bay Journal, The Bay Journal: April 2009, Volume 19 - Number 2

bulletSubscribe to Chesapeake Currents the Chesapeake Bay Program’s free e-newsletter or view archived editions for more on the Bay Program.

To read more news about the Bay visit the Chesapeake Bay Program News and Information site.

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