USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities Projects and Contacts

Projects—Science Studies and Contacts

USGS Project	Project Contacts	USGS Science Center
Health of Fish, Wildlife, and their Habitats
Impacts of Contaminants on the health of fish and wildlife
Contaminant Studies in Chesapeake Bay	Dave Alvarez	CERC
Identification of Emerging Contaminants in Potomac, James, and Susquehanna Watersheds	Dana Kolpin	Iowa WSC
Identify factors affecting health of fish and wildlife in the Chesapeake watershed	V. Blazer	LSC
Effect of atrazine exposure on sexual development in smallmouth bass	V. Blazer	LSC
Surveillance of sex hormone activity in regional water samples to assist landscape-scale based identification of potential "hot spots" of endocrine disruption	Luke Iwanowicz	LSC
Smallmouth bass disease investigations in the Susquehanna River drainage	V. Blazer L. Iwanowicz	LSC
Fish Health Studies	P. Mazik	WV Coop Unit
Food web studies of contaminants in urban fish and wildlife	B. Rattner R. Lazarus	PWRC
Identification of contaminants and effects in selected wildlife	B. Rattner R. Lazarus	PWRC
Brook trout, freshwater fisheries, and their habitats
Brook trout genetic studies	T. King	LSC
Assessing the importance of American eel (Anguilla rostrata) restoration to freshwater mussel populations in the Susquehanna River	H. Galbraith	LSC
Landscape analysis approach to fish health issues in the Chesapeake Bay	J. Young	LSC
Evaluating air-water temperature linkages in Shenandoah National Park streams	N. Hitt J. Young C. Snyder	LSC
Effects of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale on three Class A wild eastern brook trout streams in the upper Chesapeake Bay watershed	Kelly Maloney	LSC

Waterfowl and their habitats
Vulnerability assessment of the impacts of climate coastal areas	Glenn Guntenspergen Don Cahoon	PWRC
Vulnerability of habitats of wintering Black Ducks in Chesapeake Bay	A. Berlin	PWRC
Atlantic Seaduck Studies	A. Berlin	PWRC
Assessing relative value of marshes and islands to migratory birds in CB	M. Erwin	PWRC
Shoreline modifications and waterbird responses	M. Erwin	PWRC

Monitor, model, and forecast impacts of land and climate change
The implications of land use, cover, and management change in the Chesapeake Bay watershed	P. Claggett	EGSC
Reporting of conservation practices	D. Hively	EGSC
Forecasting Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Steamflow and Water Quality	P. Claggett	EGSC
Forecasting Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Steamflow and Water Quality	K. Rice	VA WSC
Provide Science and Tools for Ecosystem Management
Develop decision system for land conservation	Paul Hearn	EGSC
Develop ecosystem decision tools and improve information access	Cassandra Ladino Paul Hearn	EGSC
USGS support of data enterprise at CBP	M. Koterba	MD WSC
Synthesis and Coordination for Ecosystem Assessment, Conservation, and Restoration	S. Phillips Joel Blomquist Dale Simmons	NE Area
WWW page support and improvement	D. Prevatte A. Hall	NE Area/SPN
Water Quality Conditions and Change
Enhancing models
Enhancing SPARROW models for Chesapeake Bay watershed	S. Ator J. Brakebill	MD WSC
Ground-water models in Chesapeake	W. Sanford J. Pope	ER NRP
Ground-water age dating to support models in Chesapeake	D. Yager	NY WSC
Regional monitoring and explanation of water-quality patterns
NAWQA Piedmont/V&R study	J. Denver S. Ator	MD WSC
NAWQA N. Atlantic Coastal Plain study	J. Denver S. Ator	MD WSC
Analysis of water-quality trends and flows	R. Hirsch	ER NRP
Regional monitoring and synthesis of water quality	S. Ator J. Denver J. Chanat J. Blomquist	MD WSC
Monitoring and assessment of nutrients and sediment (Bucks Branch Study)	J. Blomquist	MD WSC
MD River Input Monitoring Project	J. Blomquist J. Clune	MD WSC
Monitoring and assessment of nutrients and sediment	M. Langland	PA WSC
Regional monitoring and network data analysis	D. Moyer	VA WSC
VA River Input Monitoring Project	K. Hyer D. Moyer	VA WSC
Assess water-quality changes	D. Nelms	VA WSC
Submarine GW discharge	K. Kroeger	Woods Hole
WVA CBP WQ Network Monitoring	D. Chambers	WV WSC

Small Watershed Studies
Sediment and Hydrogeomorphology	C. Hupp N. Rybicki	ER NRP
Fate and transport of nitrate in GW	JK Böhlke	ER NRP
Factors affecting P transport	G. Noe	ER NRP
Assessing ages, residence times, and sources of stored sediment in Difficult Run	K. Skalak	ER NRP
In-stream Storage and Removal Processes and Effectiveness of Urban Stream BMPs	J. Harvey L. Larsen	ER NRP
Reporting of conservation practices	D. Hively	EGSC
BMPs to improve developing landscapes	D. Hogan	EGSC
Sediment sources, transport and storage in selected environmental settings	A. Gellis J. Clune	MD WSC
Upper Chester and coastal plain monitoring	J. Clune J. Blomquist	MD WSC
Conowago monitoring and assessment	M. Langland	PA WSC
Summary of existing case studies	L. Medalie	NH WSC
Fairfax County and Difficult Run monitoring	K. Hyer J. Jastram	VA WSC
Monitor and asses changes in small watersheds	K. Hyer	VA WSC
Characterization of Sediment Sources in Smith Creek	K. Hyer	VA WSC
Monitor, model, and forecast impacts of land and climate change
The implications of land use, cover, and management change in the Chesapeake Bay watershed	P. Claggett D. Hively	EGSC
Forecasting Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Steamflow and Water Quality	P. Claggett	EGSC
Forecasting Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Steamflow and Water Quality	K. Rice	VA WSC
Provide Science and Tools for Ecosystem Management
Develop decision system for land conservation	Paul Hearn	EGSC
Develop ecosystem decision tools and improve information access	Cassandra Ladino Paul Hearn	EGSC
USGS support of data enterprise at CBP	M. Koterba	MD WSC
Synthesis and Coordination for Ecosystem Assessment, Conservation, and Restoration	S. Phillips J. Blomquist Dale Simmons	NE Area

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