Bay Oxygen Research Group
The Bay Oxygen Research Group is helping to develop a new water quality interpolation tool to generate dissolved oxygen estimates across space and through time.
Meetings
Bay Oxygen Research Group Quarterly Meeting - August 2025
Bay Oxygen Research Group Quarterly Meeting - May 2025
Bay Oxygen Research Group Meeting - February 2025
Bay Oxygen Research Group Meeting - September 2024
About
The diverse fauna of the Chesapeake Bay needs sufficient dissolved oxygen (DO) throughout the tidal waters to survive and thrive. Water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen (DO) were developed for the Chesapeake Bay according to designated uses that protect the habitat suitable for supporting survival, growth and reproduction of fish, shellfish and other aquatic life. Criteria assessment currently involves spatially interpolating DO observations with an inverse-distance-weighting tool, but the Chesapeake Bay Program is interested in revising this approach.
The Bay Oxygen Research Group assists in developing a new water quality interpolation tool to generate DO estimates across space and through time, improving upon the current spatial interpolation used in the Chesapeake Bay. The output of the tool will allow for expanded evaluation of short-duration criteria (i.e., instantaneous minimum, 1-day mean, 7 day mean) and aid in habitat assessments. The group will focus on development of the initial tools from 2021 to 2023 before advancing work on application and education in the following years (2023 – 2025).
Our Members
- Peter Tango (Coordinator)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ptango@chesapeakebay.net - Allison Welch (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium awelch@chesapeakebay.net - Rebecca Murphy
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rmurphy@chesapeakebay.net - Elgin Perry
Independent Consultant eperry@chesapeake.net - Isabella Bertani
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ibertani@chesapeakebay.net - Tish Robertson
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality tlrobertson@deq.virginia.gov - Angie Wei
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science zwei@chesapeakebay.net - Carl Friedrichs
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) carl.friedrichs@vims.edu - Richard Tian
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rtian@chesapeakebay.net - Bruce Vogt
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov - Tom Parham
Maryland Department of Natural Resources tparham@dnr.state.md.us - Mark Trice
Maryland Department of Natural Resources mtrice@dnr.state.md.us - Matthew Stover
Maryland Department of the Environment mstover@mde.state.md.us - Lucretia Brown
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) lucretia.brown@dc.gov - Leah Ettma
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3 Ettema.Leah@epa.gov - Amanda Shaver
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality amanda.shaver@deq.virginia.gov - Andrew Keppel
Maryland Department of Natural Resources andrew.keppel@maryland.gov - Diana Domotor
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Diana.Domotor@maryland.gov - Mark Nardi
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mrnardi@usgs.gov - Breck Sullivan
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net