Bay Oxygen Research Group

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
Rebecca Murphy (Coordinator)
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rmurphy@chesapeakebay.net
Allison Welch (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium awelch@chesapeakebay.net
Amanda Shaver
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality amanda.shaver@deq.virginia.gov
Andrew Keppel
Maryland Department of Natural Resources andrew.keppel@maryland.gov
Angie Wei
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science zwei@chesapeakebay.net
Becky Monahan
Maryland Department of the Environment becky.monahan@maryland.gov
Breck Sullivan
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net
Bruce Vogt
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Bryant Thomas
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality bryant.thomas@deq.virginia.gov
Carl Friedrichs
Virginia Institute of Marine Science carl.friedrichs@vims.edu
Cindy Johnson
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality csjohnson@deq.virginia.gov
David Parrish
Virginia Institute of Marine Science parrishd@vims.edu
Efeturi Oghenekaro
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment efeturi.oghenekaro@dc.gov
Elgin Perry
Independent Consultant eperry@chesapeake.net
Jay Lazar
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jay.lazar@noaa.gov
Jeremy Testa
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science jtesta@umces.edu
Jim Hagy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hagy.jim@epa.gov
Kaylyn Gootman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gootman.Kaylyn@epa.gov
Lee McDonnell
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mcdonnell.lee@epa.gov
Leah Ettma
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ettema.Leah@epa.gov
Lucretia Brown
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment lucretia.brown@dc.gov
Marjy Friedrichs
Virginia Institute of Marine Science marjy@VIMS.edu
Mark Nardi
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mrnardi@usgs.gov
Mark Trice
Maryland Department of Natural Resources mtrice@dnr.state.md.us
Matthew Stover
Maryland Department of the Environment mstover@mde.state.md.us
Paul Mayer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mayer.paul@epa.gove
Renee Karrh
Maryland Department of Natural Resources rkarrh@DNR.STATE.MD.US
Richard Tian
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rtian@chesapeakebay.net
Sujay Kaushal
skaushal@umd.edu
Tish Robertson
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality tlrobertson@deq.virginia.gov
Tom Parham
Maryland Department of Natural Resources tparham@dnr.state.md.us