Virginia Chesapeake Bay Water Quality and Living Resources Monitoring Programs 1985-1996
- Published:
- January 1, 1998
- Originator:
- NOAA
This document represents a synthesis of the overall findings of water quaity and living resources data gen erated over the first 12 years(1985-1996) of the Virginia Chesapeake Monitoring Program. In this report, patterns of water quality and living resources for Virginia's tributaries and the virginia Chesapeake Bay are examined. Patterns of nutrient loadings are examined for the entire watershed of each river, however, status and trends in water quality and living resources are presented only for the tidal portion of each river. The tidal portion of each river (also referred to as an estuary) represents that portion which is influenced by tides and by the mixing of saltwater from the ocean and freshwater from land runoff and groundwater. A series of more technical documents is also available which contain detailed statistical results that are the basis of this report.