Session Lead: Kaylyn S. Gootman (EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program Office)

Co-Lead(s): Alexander Gunnerson, Efeturi Oghenekaro, Peter Tango

Session Format: Oral Presentations

Session Description: 

Restoration of complex aquatic ecosystems such as Chesapeake Bay requires continued, coordinated efforts from the science and resource management communities. These efforts often include development of innovative monitoring techniques and modeling tools that provide feedback on restoration progress. Over three decades of coordinated restoration, the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed have been monitored systematically with both existing and new techniques and modeled with tools that are incrementally enhanced with new scientific findings. Potential examples of relevant topics include but are not limited to innovative monitoring approaches, development of novel modeling tools, integration of satellite imagery, development/deployment of new technologies, and the integration of living resources considerations. This is Part I of two connected sessions organized by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Integrated Trends Analysis Team.

Presentations (abstracts):

  1. Patrick Neale, Shelby Brown, Tara Sill, Alison Cawood, Maria Tzortziou, Jieun Park, Min-Sun Lee: Chesapeake Water Watch: Validation of Volunteer Observations of Water Quality in Tidal Tributaries
  2. Peter Tango, Bruce Vogt: Enhanced monitoring supporting improved aquatic habitat assessment for Chesapeake Bay
  3. Sergio A. Sabat-Bonilla, Marlaina Marvin, Kelly Maloney, Greg Noe, and Sally Entrekin: Rethinking Stream Recovery Assessment in the Bay: A Functional and Structural Perspective
  4. Aaron Porter: Monitoring water-quality response to urban-stream restoration in Fairfax County, Virginia
  5. Marina Metes, Zachary Clifton, Matthew Cashman: Tracking the downstream fate of dam-removal sediment pulses in the Patapsco River using lidar and streamgage data
  6. Claire Welty, Joel Moore, Daniel J. Bain, Mahdad Talebpour , John T. Kemper, Peter M. Groffman,  Jonathan M. Duncan: Use of synoptic baseflow sampling coupled with groundwater modeling to assess groundwater contamination of urban streams
  7. James Webber: Evaluating Water-Quality Trends in Agricultural Watersheds Prioritized for Management-Practice Implementation
  8. Rui Jin, Anand Gnanadesikan, Marie-Aude Pradal, Pierre St-Laurent: Unraveling the CDOM Conundrum – The Interplay of Optics, Nutrient Loading, Productivity, and Hypoxia Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay
  9. Anand Gnanadesikan: What can the abundance of functional genes tell us about how to model Chesapeake Bay?