USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities
USGS Project | Project Contacts | USGS Science Center |
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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 |