Deriving Chesapeake Bay water quality standards

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1007-1024

  Tango, Peter J ^a   Batiuk, Richard A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency/CBPO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Chlorophyll a; Dissolved oxygen; Water clarity; Water quality criteria; Water quality standards

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; WATER CLARITY; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TIDAL POWER;

WATER QUALITY;

BAY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRITICAL LOAD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GUIDELINE; MARINE POLICY; POLLUTION POLICY; STANDARD (REGULATION); TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884988264     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12108     Document Type: Article

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