Ecosystem Models of Chesapeake Bay 1994-1996 Part I 1997
- Published:
- August 1, 1997
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
- EPA Number:
- EPA 903-R-97-017
The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Modeling Program explores how water quality, the growth of plants and animals, and the physical and chemical forces of Chesapeake Bay affect each other. Model simulations help predict how things may change over time or under different conditions. The Bay Program's ecosystem models help clarify how the Bay's plant and animal life interact with the environment. Ecosystem models emphasize nutrients and organic matter sources and cycles, interactions among food web connections, and habitat structures. These state-of-the-art models help explain how and why the things we observe in Chesapeake Bay happen.