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Oxygen dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay : a synthesis of recent research

Title
Oxygen dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay : a synthesis of recent research / edited by David Smith, Merrill Leffler, Gail Mackiernan.
Publication
College Park, Md. : Maryland Sea Grant College in cooperation with the Virginia Sea Grant College, ©1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, David E. (David Elwin)
  • Leffler, Merrill, 1941-
  • Mackiernan, Gail B.
Description
234 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book examines the processes that create and sustain anoxia (the absence of oxygen) and hypoxia (the near absence of oxygen) in bottom waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The authors of the book's four chapters discuss major findings and summarize the gradually developing consensus on the implications of these findings for resource management. William C. Boicourt focuses on the physical aspects of Chesapeake Bay in order to distinguish the role and relative importance of circulation processes in the creation of low dissolved oxygen levels. Thomas C. Malone examines the role of water column processes, including the importance and interaction of nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton. Robert Jonas discusses the significance of microbial populations, while W. Michael Kemp and Walter R. Boynton discuss the role and importance of benthicpelagic coupling on Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen.
Uniform Title
Dr. Malvern Gilmartin Collection.
Subject
  • Water > Dissolved oxygen > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
  • Biochemical oxygen demand
  • Estuarine ecology > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
  • Estuarine ecology
  • Water > Dissolved oxygen
  • WATER
  • OXYGEN
  • ESTUARIES
  • ECOLOGY
  • Atlantic Ocean > Chesapeake Bay
  • CHESAPEAKE BAY (US)
  • MARYLAND
  • VIRGINIA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Hypoxia Studies in the Chesapeake Bay: An Overview. Major Scientific Findings. Management Implications of Scientific Findings -- Ch. 1. Influences of Circulation Processes on Dissolved Oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay / William C. Boicourt. Chesapeake Bay Circulation. Hypoxia Trends: 1950-80. Major Influence on Hypoxia: Freshwater Flow or Nutrient Input. Physical Processes and Biological Fates. Learning from the Tributaries. Research Summary and Management Needs -- Ch. 2. Effects of Water Column Processes on Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, Phytoplankton and Zooplankton / Thor C. Malone. Distribution of Phytoplankton in the Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Regulation of Phytoplankton. Phytoplankton Production and Oxygen Depletion. Conclusions. Management Implications -- Ch. 3. Microbial Processes, Organic Matter and Oxygen Demand in the Water Column / Robert Jonas. Experimental Approaches for Studying Aquatic Microbial Processes. Bacterial Behavior. Research and Management Needs.
  • Ch. 4. Benthic-Pelagic Interactions: Nutrient and Oxygen Dynamics / W. Michael Kemp and Walter A. Boynton. Deposition of Particulate Organic Matter. Benthic Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling. Sediment Nitrogen Cycling. Interactions between Phytoplankton and Benthic Macrofauna. Role of Benthic and Pelagic Processes in Oxygen Depletion. Effects of Eutrophication on Benthic-Pelagic Coupling. Research Needs and Management Implications -- Appendix: Low Dissolved Oxygen Research Projects.
ISBN
  • 0943676509
  • 9780943676500
LCCN
91068257
OCLC
  • ocm28257538
  • 28257538
  • SCSB-9625236
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library