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GEO 260, Fall 2010
Costal Systems: Chesapeake Bay
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Reading to be done before Class: ESBS Chapter 16
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: currents, upwelling, photic zone, pelagic zone, benthic zone, intertidal  zone, salt marsh, mangroves, estuaries, algal blooms, 

Ecosystem Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay

Why did Chesapeake Bay’s environment decline beginning in the 1960s?

What were the signs of decline?

Systems

  • Feedback
  • Positive Feedback
  • Negative Feedback

How does the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Work?

Inputs

Eutrophication

  • Natural Eutrophication
  • Cultural Eutrophication
  • Turbidity
    • Oyster Feedback system

What explains Seagrass Decline?

Restoration Efforts

 

 
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