An Introduction to Sedimentsheds: Sediment and its Relationship to Chesapeake Bay Water Clarity
The proceedings of a 2007 workshop designed to gain insight into sediment and its impacts on water clarity and underwater grasses.
Authors
- Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee
Description
On January 30-31, 2007 the Chesapeake Bay Program's Sediment Workgroup and Science and Technical Advisory Committee convened a workshop titled, "An Introduction to Sedimentsheds: Sediment and its Relationship to Chesapeake Bay Water Clarity." Sedimentshed is a new concept, and is defined as the area that contributes the the sediment which directly influences water clarity in near-shore submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) grow zones. The 26 invited participants to the workshop included technical experts in sediment, SAV and water clarity and policy experts in state programs and total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation.
In addition to this report from STAC, the Sediment Workgroup published its own workshop proceedings.
Category: Report