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Coastal Ecosystem Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Watersheds: Land Use ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds-land-use-patterns-and-river-conditions/
In coastal and estuarine regions, land use can have a profound impact on aquatic ecosystem health. In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, agriculture and ...
NCCOS Completes Ecosystem Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Watersheds
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-completes-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds/
The published results supported the linkage of land development to the condition of coastal habitats and the health of estuarine organisms. The study ...
Land Use and Ecosystem Health: Decision-making Tools for Coastal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecosystem-tools-coastal-planning-chesapeake-bay/
The project is designed to provide area-specific consequences of land-use scenarios, so that decision-makers can compare impacts and determine which l ...
Land Use in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Influences Aquatic Health of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/environmental-biological-characteristics-correspond-watershed-land-use-chesapeake-bay/
The strongest land use signal was that of excessive nutrients and chlorophylla, another indicator of nutrient levels, in the agriculturally dominated ...
An Ecological Assessment to Support NOAA’s Choptank Complex Habitat ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecological-assessment-choptank-complex-habitat-focus-area/
The Choptank watershed is an ecologically and economically valuable resource and designated Habitat Focus Area. We are collecting and synthesizing ...
Scientists Use Land Use, Demographics Data to Model Distribution of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/modeling-coastal-contaminant-distribution-from-land-use-and-demographics/
The studies determined the following list of environmental (independent) variables (factors) to test in the model: impervious surface, land use/land ...
Coastal ecosystem assessment of Chesapeake Bay watersheds: A story of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds-a-story-of-three-rivers-the-corsica-magothy-and-rhode/
This assessment explored linkages between land use and aquatic ecosystem health. Three watersheds (Corsica, Magothy, and Rhode rivers) with variable ...
Hardened Shorelines Associated with Seagrass Decline in Southern ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/researchers-associate-hardened-shorelines-declines-seagrasses-southern-chesapeake-bay/
Adjacent land use also influences the negative effectsof shoreline hardening. Considering salinity and land use together revealed the greatest ...
In Situ Effects of Shoreline Type and Watershed Land Use on Submerged ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/in-situ-effects-of-shoreline-type-and-watershed-land-use-on-submerged-aquatic-vegetation-habitat-quality-in-the-chesapeake-and-mid-atlantic-coastal-bays/
A post hoc analysis also confirmed that SAV is locally affected by watershed land use associated with increased population pressure, though to a ...
Tred Avon River Coastal Ecological Assessment: A Story of Land Use ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/tred-avon-river-coastal-ecological-assessment-tred-avon-river-a-story-of-land-use-story-map/
Aerial view of Oxford, Maryland. Credit: G. Messick. Story Map on Tred Avon River Coastal Ecological Assessment. The Tred Avon River Story Map ...
Great Lakes Mussel Watch sites land-use characterization and assessment ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/great-lakes-mussel-watch-sites-land-use-characterization-and-assessment/
Land-use is an important parameter in the assessment of the nearshore environment, as contaminant monitoring sites are influenced by point and ...
Influence of Shoreline Changes on Chesapeake and Delmarva Bay ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/influence-shoreline-changes-chesapeake-delmarva-bay-ecosystems/
Coastal zone managers and land use planners can use the results to transform management from the current “parcel by parcel” approach to one that can ...
A 2015 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/2015-assessment-of-metals-legacy-contaminants-and-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-in-chesapeake-bay-and-charleston-harbor/
However, centuries of land development and agricultural and industrial activities have degraded water quality in the bay and its tributaries as a ...
Comparing Saginaw Bay and Western Lake Erie for Harmful Algal Blooms
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/comparing-saginaw-bay-and-western-lake-erie-for-harmful-algal-blooms/
The land use within the watershed consists of 45% agriculture, 22% forest, 16% open water/wetland, 10% residential, 6% grassland, and 1% high density ...
Using ESLR-funded Data Sets and Tools to Evaluate Alternative Backshore ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/using-eslr-funded-data-sets-and-tools-to-evaluate-alternative-backshore-management-options-along-u-s-pacific-northwest-coastlines/
Apply a spatial land use optimization model to maximize the protective and other ecosystem service values for a range of backshore management options ...
Improving Predictions of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Found in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/improving-predictions-of-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-found-in-watersheds-using-proximate-demographic-and-land-use-patterns/
We are building models to assess relationships between chemical contamination in the environment and human activity. By evaluating variables such as ...
Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-eutrophication-near-the-mississippi-river-delta/
Changes in delivery of river-borne nutrients such as dissolved phosphate, nitrate and silicate, owing to land-use changes and anthropogenic emissions ...
Hardened Shorelines Decrease Small Fish and Invertebrate Abundance
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/hardened-shorelines-decrease-small-fish-invertebrate-abundance/
Scientists examined 15 common fish and invertebrate species in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Coastal Bays. The study sites included ...
Coastal and Marine Planning - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Competition among many users for coastal and marine resources has been on the rise for decades and will continue to increase. Coastal and marine ...
Shoreline Armoring Along Oregon Coast Lowers Value of Adjacent ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/economic-tradeoffs-are-a-consequence-of-shoreline-armoring-along-the-oregon-coast/
Oregon’s land use rules aim to protect beaches and dunes from over-development, which includes a prohibition on “armoring” private property. Only ...