Water Quality 2004
- Published:
- January 1, 2004
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
This is the first in a series of newsletter to be produced by the Monitoring and Analysis Subcommittee (MASC). MASC coordinates and supports the monitoring activities of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystems, those factors that effect the health of the Bay and the restoration efforts. This newsletter summarizes four important water events that affected Chesapeake Bay during 2004. These being: 1) a large turbidity plume in the Bay's mainstem due to the remnants of Hurrican Ivan; 2) the worse harmful algal bloom within the Potomac River for 20 years; 3) a large volume of anxoic water (no dissolved oxygen) in the Bay's mainstem and; 4) unusually clear water and abundant plant occurence in the upper Bay.