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Uranium-series dating of mollusks and corals, and age of Pleistocene deposits, Chesapeake Bay area, Virginia and Maryland
Geologic mapping in conjunction with uranium-series dating of fossil mollusks and corals suggests that the low-lying ( < 17 m in altitude) terrace deposits in the central and southern Chesapeake Bay area include two main depositional sequences, each of which represents a high stand of the sea in late Pleistocene time. The older depositional sequence includes the Accomack and Omar beds of the Delma
Authors
Robert B. Mixon, B. J. Szabo, James Patrick Owens
Benthic phosphorus regeneration in the Potomac River Estuary
The flux of dissolved reactive phosphate from Potomac riverine and estuarine sediments is controlled by processes occurring at the water-sediment interface and within surficial sediment. In situ benthic fluxes (0.1 to 2.0 mmoles m-2 day-1) are generally five to ten times higher than calculated diffusive fluxes (0.020 to 0.30 mmoles m-2 day-1). The discrepancy between the two flux estimates is grea
Authors
E. Callender
The eighty-second Audubon Christmas bird count. 438. Ocean City, Md.
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
Submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia; Hydrologic data report, May, 1978 to November, 1981
No abstract available.
Authors
James E. Paschal, Darin R. Miller, Nancy C. Bartow, Virginia Carter
Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary; hydrologic data report, 1981 water year, with a section on collection and analysis of chlorophyll-a
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured in the Tidal Potomac River and Estuary during the 1981 water year. Data were collected at least weekly at five stations, and periodically at 15 stations and at two other stations near the mouth of the Potomac River in Chesapeake Bay. Each of the five stations represent a cross section at which the transport of selected diss
Authors
Stephen F. Blanchard, Richard H. Coupe, Joan C. Woodward
Water quality of the three major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, the Susquehanna, Potomac, and James Rivers, January 1979 - April 1981
Water-quality constituent loads at the Fall Line stations of the Susquehanna, Potomac, and James Rivers, the three major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, can be estimated with reasonable accuracy by regression techniques, especially for wet periods of 1 year or more. Net transport of all nutrient species and most other constituents, especially those found in greatest concentrations associated wi
Authors
David J. Lang
Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and estuary hydrologic data report, 1980 water year
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured in the Tidal Potomac River and Estuary during the 1980 Water Year. Data were collected routinely at five stations, and periodically at 17 stations including three stations near the mouth of the Potomac River in Chesapeake Bay. Each of the five stations represent a cross section through which the transport of selected dissol
Authors
Stephen Blanchard, R.H. Coupe, J.C. Woodward
Distribution and Abundance of Waterfowl and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Munro, M. C. Perry
Maryland and DC Breeding Bird Atlas Project Handbook, 1983-1987
No abstract available.
Authors
D. Bystrak, J. Cullom, K. Klimkiewicz, R. Ringler, C.S. Robbins, G. Taylor
Traditional return of Cygnus columbianus columbianus to wintering areas in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Munro
Field feeding by Cygnus columbianus columbianus in Maryland
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Munro