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Connecting Conservation Practices to Local Stream Health in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Open Fact Sheet 2024–3030

The USGS publishes peer-reviewed reports and journal articles which are used by Chesapeake Bay Program resource managers and policy makers to make science-based decisions for ecosystem conservation and restoration. Use the Search box below to find publications on selected topics.

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Pasteurella sp. from an epizootic of white perch (Roccus americanus) in Chesapeake Bay Tidewater areas

No abstract available.
Authors
S. F. Snieszko, G. L. Bullock, E. Hollis, J. G. Boone
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Nesting ecology and reproductive rate of the red-winged blackbird in tidal marshes of the upper Chesapeake Bay region

The nesting ecology and reproductive rate of the polygynous red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, were studied in the tidal marshes of Maryland during the period of 1958 through 1961. Sixteen nesting colonies were located in six major marsh communities of the Eastern Shore and were visited approximately twice a week from late April to mid-August. The average clutch size for 537 clutches was 3
Authors
B. Meanley, J.S. Webb
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Observations on distribution and control of Eurasian watermilfoil in Chesapeake Bay, 1961

No abstract available.
Authors
J.H. Steenis, Vernon D. Stotts, C. Gillette
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Progress report on control of Erasian watermilfoil in Chesapeake Bay

No abstract available.
Authors
J.H. Steenis, Vernon D. Stotts
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Small-mammal populations of a Maryland woodlot, 1949-1954

No abstract available.
Authors
Lucille F. Stickel, O. Warbach
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Management of needlethrush for improving waterfowl habitat in Maryland

No abstract available.
Authors
J.H. Steenis, J. Warren
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia

No abstract available.
Authors
Robert E. Stewart, Chandler S. Robbins
By
Chesapeake Bay Activities

Lark bunting, an addition to the Maryland list

No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Nesting of the red-cockaded woodpecker in Maryland

No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Recent breeding records of birds in Maryland

No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Distribution and ecology of whistling swans in the Chesapeake Bay region

The Whistling Swan, Olor columbianus, is of particular significance in the Chesapeake Bay region, since major wintering and transient populations occur here regularly, constituting in some years more than half the total population of the species. Some of these concentrations are so large that they attract many bird-watchers, who often travel long distances to see them. Whistling Swans are also of
Authors
R. E. Stewart, J.H. Manning
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia

No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart, C.S. Robbins
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities