A Systematic Review of Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Impacts and Uncertainty: Watershed Processes, Pollutant Delivery and BMP Performance
This report explores how climate change and variability affect nutrient and sediment cycling and BMP performance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Description
Climate change in the Chesapeake Bay will affect efforts to reach the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and maintain needed nutrient and sediment reductions. In an effort to determine how baseline nutrient and sediment loads will likely change in response to climate, and how the best management practices (BMPs) being used to reduce them will function, a modified systematic review process was undertaken. Using this process, we reviewed research literature and studies related to two primary questions:
- How do climate change and variability affect nutrient and sediment cycling in the watershed?
- How do climate change and variability affect BMP performance?
Suggested Citation
Hanson, J., E. Bock, B. Asfaw, and Z.M. Easton. 2022. A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance. CBP/TRS-330-22.
Category: Report