A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay, Year 4 Report

Published:

April 1, 1997

Originator:

Chesapeake Bay Program

EPA Number:

903-R-97-011

Categorized in:

Report

Designed to evaluate ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests. Toxicity of ambient estuarine water and sediment was evaluated during the fall of 1994 at six stations in Baltimore Harbor (Patapsco River) and two stations each in the Sassafras, Magothy and Severn Rivers.