DECLINE OF SUBMERGED VASCULAR PLANTS IN UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY: SUMMARY OF RESULTS CONCERNING POSSIBLE CAUSES. Kemp, M. W., Twilley, R. R., Stevenson, J. C., Boynton, W. R., & Means, J. C. Marine Technology Society Journal, 1983.
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This paper provides a summary of research conducted to investigate possible causes of the decline in abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation beginning in the late 1960s. Three factors are emphasized: runoff of agricultural herbicides; erosional inputs of fine-grain sediments; nutrient enrichment and associated algal growth. The results are synthesized into an ecosystem simulation model which demonstrated relative potential contributions, where nutrients greater than sediments greater than herbicides. Other factors and mechanisms are also discussed along with resource managements options.
@article{kemp_decline_1983,
	title = {{DECLINE} {OF} {SUBMERGED} {VASCULAR} {PLANTS} {IN} {UPPER} {CHESAPEAKE} {BAY}: {SUMMARY} {OF} {RESULTS} {CONCERNING} {POSSIBLE} {CAUSES}.},
	abstract = {This paper provides a summary of research conducted to investigate possible causes of the decline in abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation beginning in the late 1960s. Three factors are emphasized: runoff of agricultural herbicides; erosional inputs of fine-grain sediments; nutrient enrichment and associated algal growth. The results are synthesized into an ecosystem simulation model which demonstrated relative potential contributions, where nutrients greater than sediments greater than herbicides. Other factors and mechanisms are also discussed along with resource managements options.},
	journal = {Marine Technology Society Journal},
	author = {Kemp, Michael W. and Twilley, Robert R. and Stevenson, J. Court and Boynton, Walter R. and Means, Jay C.},
	year = {1983},
	keywords = {Environmental Interactions, Processes, and Modeling},
}

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