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VALIDATION OF AGE AND GROWTH USING MICROCONSTITUENT ANALYSIS OF FISH HARDPARTS
(2022)Without accurate age interpretation or validation, serious errors in the management and understanding of fish populations can occur. This study employs a novel approach to age validation using trace element microconstituent ... -
Discerning the roles of ocean acidification, eutrophication, and river alkalization in driving long-term pH trends in the Chesapeake Bay
(2022)Rising anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere and oceanic uptake of CO2 have led to a gradual decrease in seawater pH and ocean acidification, but pH changes in estuaries and coastal systems are more complicated due to a ... -
VALUING SHALLOW WATER SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND'S CHESAPEAKE BAY
(2022)Oyster aquaculture (OA) activity is sometimes framed as a hindrance to habitat, recreation, property values, and wild oyster harvest in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. Yet, tradeoffs under OA policies have not been thoroughly ... -
ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER COMPOSITION AND REACTIVITY IN DEPRESSIONAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS
(2022)Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a central role in the biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems and is an important flux of carbon (C) from terrestrial to aquatic systems. Wetlands are rich sources of DOM to downstream ... -
APPLIED STASIS THEORY AND Q-SORTING FOR ORGANIZING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE COLLABORATION FOR POLICY DELIBERATION: A CASE OF POULTRY HOUSE EMISSIONS—AMMONIA AND PARTICULATE MATTER—ON THE DELMARVA PENINSULA/EASTERN SHORE
(2022)CONTEXT: Poultry farmers respond to national and global demand for low cost, packaged chicken. Raising poultry for market results in ammonia and poultry litter (manure and dust). However, for the Delmarva part of the ...