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In the News

The Washington Post: Federal study shows mercury in fish widespread 8/20/09

CPB Chesapeake Currents - August 2009: Pesticide Runoff Can Pose Risk to Humans, Wildlife in Chesapeake Bay Region

CPB Chesapeake Currents - July 2009: Scientists Find Possible Link between Intersex Fish and Fish Kills in Potomac, Shenandoah Rivers

Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance: Fish kill hits fewer in James River this spring 7/6/09

Washington Examiner: EPA agrees to tackle the feminization of wild fish 7/1/09

Bay Journal: USGS study suggests link between kills, intersex fish July/August 2009

Baltimore Sun: Smaller Chesapeake Bay dead zone forecast this summer 6/20/09

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Intersex fish vulnerable, study says 6/8/09

USGS News Release: One Step Closer to Understanding Fish Health in Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers 6/3/09

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


Features

bulletNew USGS News Release: Susquehanna Reservoirs Losing Sediment-Storage Capacity ...read more

bullet USGS News Release: One Step Closer to Understanding Fish Health in Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers ...read more

bullet New findings about intersex fish ...read more

bullet Results 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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NEWSources, Transport, and Storage of Sediment at Selected Sites in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed—Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5186

NEW Bathymetry and Sediment-Storage Capacity Change in Three Reservoirs on the Lower Susquehanna River, 1996�08—Scientific Investigations Report 2009/5110

Nutrient Trends in Streams and Rivers of the United States, 1993�03—Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5202

Regional Nutrient Trends in Streams and Rivers of the United States, 1993-2003, ACS Publications, Science and Technology Article

SPARROW MODELING—Enhancing Understanding of the Nation抯 Water Quality—Fact Sheet 2009-3019

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

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: July/August 2009, Volume 19 - Number 5

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