Shrinking Striped Bass Habitat in Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound 1988
- Published:
- September 1, 1988
- Originator:
- EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
- EPA Number:
- EPA 5033-88-001
This project seeks to develop strategies and priorities for arresting habitat deterioration and restoring lost habitats in estuaries through identification of critical zones for maintaining living resources. It uses as an examle one representative and importand estuarine species, the striped bass (Morone saxatilis. Data on summer water temperatures, dissolved oxygen concentrations, and stiped bass distribution in Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound, Nort Carolina, were evaluated to determine/establish if critical zones existed for maintenance of populations. Criteria for habitat suitability for adults and subadults were those identified in freshwater reservoirs (<25 degrees and > 2 mg/L dissolved oxygen).