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Human development leads to a decline in stream health

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By Chesapeake Bay Activities August 7, 2013

Changes in stream flow and pollution have altered plant, insect and fish communities across the nation.

Between 1993 and 2005, scientists with the USGS sampled the algal, macroinvertebrate and fish communities in thousands of streams. Read more!

 

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Below are partners associated with this project.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Changes in stream flow and pollution have altered plant, insect and fish communities across the nation.

Between 1993 and 2005, scientists with the USGS sampled the algal, macroinvertebrate and fish communities in thousands of streams. Read more!

 

« Return to Chesapeake Bay Activities — Home

Below are partners associated with this project.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)