The Chesapeake Bay program modeling system: Overview and recommendations for future development

RR Hood, GW Shenk, RL Dixon, SMC Smith… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chesapeake Bay is the largest, most productive, and most biologically diverse
estuary in the continental United States providing crucial habitat and natural resources for …

Sediment source fingerprinting as an aid to large-scale landscape conservation and restoration: A review for the Mississippi River Basin

Z Xu, P Belmont, J Brahney, AC Gellis - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reliable quantitative information on sediment sources to rivers is critical to mitigate
contamination and target conservation and restoration actions. However, for large-scale …

Microplastic trapping in dam reservoirs driven by complex hydrosedimentary processes (Villerest Reservoir, Loire River, France)

E Dhivert, NN Phuong, B Mourier, C Grosbois… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Dam reservoirs can strongly influence the spatial distribution of sediment pollution by
microplastics (MP). The Villerest reservoir (Loire River, 36 km long) is a good candidate to …

Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay: Development of an empirical approach for water-quality management

Q Zhang, TR Fisher, EM Trentacoste, C Buchanan… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the temporal and spatial roles of nutrient limitation on phytoplankton growth
is necessary for developing successful management strategies. Chesapeake Bay has well …

Streambank and floodplain geomorphic change and contribution to watershed material budgets

GB Noe, KG Hopkins, PR Claggett… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Stream geomorphic change is highly spatially variable but critical to landform evolution,
human infrastructure, habitat, and watershed pollutant transport. However, measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of fine-grained sediment on mountain stream macroinvertebrate communities: Forestry activities and beaver-induced sediment management

A Bylak, K Kukuła - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Fine-grained sediments are a natural component of river systems. Human activities generate
additional sources of fine sediment. In mountainous areas, the anthropogenic inputs of fine …

Progress in reducing nutrient and sediment loads to Chesapeake Bay: Three decades of monitoring data and implications for restoring complex ecosystems

Q Zhang, JD Blomquist, RM Fanelli… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For over three decades, Chesapeake Bay (USA) has been the focal point of a coordinated
restoration strategy implemented through a partnership of governmental and …

Pay-for-practice or Pay-for-performance? A coupled agent-based evaluation tool for assessing sediment management incentive policies

CY Lin, YCE Yang, AK Chaudhary - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Cost-shared programs have been applied to incentivize the adoption of agricultural best
management practices (BMPs) to address the long-standing water quality issue in the …

Analysis of long-term (2002–2020) trends and peak events in total suspended solids concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay using MODIS imagery

AP Yunus, Y Masago, Y Hijioka - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality monitoring programs have been widely implemented worldwide to monitor and
assess water quality and to understand its trends. However, water quality analysis based on …

Direct and indirect effects of forest harvesting on sediment yield in forested watersheds of the United States

ZP McEachran, DL Karwan… - JAWRA Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Managed forests generally produce high water quality, but degradation is possible via
sedimentation if proper management is not implemented during forest harvesting. To …