Habitat Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Living ResourcesThe Workgroup, 1991 - Habitat (Ecology) |
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abundance adult alewife Alosa American shad anadromous anchovy Atlantic menhaden bay anchovy benthic Biol birds black ducks blue crabs blueback breeding Bull Callinectes sapidus canvasbacks Chesa Choptank River coastal colonies concentrations contaminants decline dissolved oxygen distribution eagles ecological eelgrass effects eggs and larvae environmental estuary exposure feeding females Fish and Wildlife fishery freshwater growth habitat habitat requirements hard clam hatching hickory shad increased insecticide juvenile larvae Marine Maryland Maryland Department mercenaria mgL-¹ mgL¹ migration Morone saxatilis mortality nest numbers nursery areas occur ospreys oyster Patuxent River peake Bay pollution population Potomac River predation prey range rates redhead reported salinity sediments soft shell clams spawning species spot stages stocks striped bass studies survival tidal tion toxicity tributaries U.S. Fish Univ upper Chesapeake Bay Virginia water quality water temperatures waterfowl white perch Wildl Wildlife Service winter wood ducks yellow perch
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Page 3-13 - The 1951 oyster stock in the Rivers Crouch and Roach, Essex, and the influence of water currents and scour on its distribution, with an account of comparative dredging experiments.
Page 13-18 - Striped bass contaminant and water quality studies in the Potomac River and Upper Chesapeake Bay - Annual contaminant and water quality evaluations in east coast habitats.
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Page 6-22 - Van Engel, WA. 1958. The blue crab and its fishery in the Chesapeake Bay: Part 1 Reproduction, early development, growth, and migration.
Page 6-22 - Van Engel, WA 1962. The blue crab and its fishery in Chesapeake Bay Part 2 Types of gear for hard crab fishing.
Page 13-18 - Concurrent mobile on-site and in situ striped bass contaminant and water quality studies in the Choptank River and upper Chesapeake Bay.