Knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and opportunities regarding the response of the Chesapeake Bay estuary to restoration efforts

Jeremy M. Testa; William C. Dennison; William P. Ball; Kathleen Boomer; Deirdre M Gibson; Lewis C. Linker; Michael C. Runge; Lawrence Sanford

Knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and opportunities regarding the response of the Chesapeake Bay estuary to restoration efforts

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Johns Hopkins University; University of Maryland Eastern Shore; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

By: Jeremy M. Testa, William C. Dennison, William P. Ball, Kathleen Boomer, Deirdre M Gibson, Lewis C. Linker, Michael C. Runge, and Lawrence Sanford

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Abstract

As part of the Chesapeake Bay Program's (CBP's) Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) initiative "Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: An Evaluation of System Response", an Estuary Working Group was formed to generate an assessment of scientific knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and recent ecosystem changes to consider in light of CBP's impending goal of full implementation of management measures (Total Maximum Daily Load [TMDL] agreements and associated necessary stakeholder actions) that are being finalized and designed to achieve living resource-based nutrient targets by 2025. This document summarizes aspects of the knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and associated needs and opportunities relating to our understanding of how the Chesapeake Bay estuary has responded to previously implemented management plans, and what features of the ecosystem may slow or enhance its response to future management actions in the face of expected continuations of climatic change.

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Testa, J.M., Dennison, W., Ball, W.P., Boomer, K., Gibson, D.M., Linker, L.C., Runge, M.C., Sanford, L., 2023, Knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and opportunities regarding the response of the Chesapeake Bay estuary to restoration efforts, 61 p.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	Other Government Series
Title	Knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and opportunities regarding the response of the Chesapeake Bay estuary to restoration efforts
Year Published	2023
Language	English
Publisher	Chesapeake Bay Science and Technical Advisory Committee
Contributing office(s)	Eastern Ecological Science Center
Description	61 p.
Larger Work Type	Report
Larger Work Subtype	Other Government Series
Larger Work Title	Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Report
Country	United States
Other Geospatial	Chesapeake Bay estuary