Chesapeake Bay

beaches, rives, and other major bodies of water. Erosion can have both an ecological and economic effect on the Earth and us as its citizens. For example, in the early 2000s when Hurricane Isabel occurred, it “resulted in irregular erosion of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Maryland” (Hennessee and Halka). This irregular erosion was defined as being, “… (1) Erosion was uneven in occurrence and amount, (2) the storm surge afforded two opportunities for erosion, once as water inundated low-lying…

holders motives were for profit. They viewed the colony as a source of gold, minerals, wine, olive oil, trade, and forest products that would decrease British dependence on Spain. The Virginia Company located its first permanent colony in the Chesapeake Bay area. They followed a river with a northwest bend, hoping to find a passage to Asia, and settled forty miles inland. They called the river James and the colony Jamestown. The Virginia Company appointed Captain John Smith to manage the…

Immigration to America The Chesapeake Bay, on the East Coast of the United States, has been an important entryway for immigrants since the days of the British Colonists and remains so today. The ports scattered throughout the Chesapeake Bay make it a powerful and influential hub for trade and industry and has attracted immigrants throughout history. The first immigrants to travel to America were European colonists. These colonists built villages and towns along the East Coast of the…

In the Chesapeake Bay, water is brown but its sediment brown. The water just looks kind of muddy. In our time boating on the Chesapeake, we’ve noticed the stains it leaves on our boat how the water looks kind of dirty. I know of the pollution in the bay and how a great deal of it is from agricultural runoff, so I worry about the brown. When we passed out of the Bay and through the waters of the Elizabeth River near Portsmouth, Virginia, the siltyness dropped out of the water and it seemed…

polluting the Chesapeake Bay are polychlorinated biphenyls (PBCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, and personal care/pharmaceutical products. PBCs are a flame retardant that cannot legally be made in the USA, but are legally imported and pollute the bay about evenly throughout. When gas, oil, or coal is burned, PAHs can be formed. PAHs are found mostly around Baltimore and near the Anacostia and Elizabeth rivers. Since agriculture is widely practiced around the bay,…

algae population will most likely impact the bay ecosystem by killing off organisms and plants. Algae is a crucial plant in the Chesapeake Bay that needs to steadily grow to keep the animal population consistent. Bay grass, also known as underwater grass, grows in the superficial areas of the Chesapeake Bay. It is crucial to the environment because it absorbs extra nutrients, shelters small fish, and keeps the water looking less murky. Like Algae, Bay grass provides oxygen, food, and nutrients…

Mud flats are a vital type of marine habitat that provide several different functions for various marine invertebrates. They provide both permanent and temporary homes to small invertebrates including several species of worms, crabs, snails, and other benthic fauna. These organisms are responsible for the breakdown of organic materials often deposited here, as well as filling the role of prey for many predators that hunt in the shallow waters (Dyer et al., 2000). Mud flats are most often…

Western Port Bay is a coastal region located in the south of Victoria which opens up into the Bass Strait. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the state, being home to x amount of species of flora and fauna. Westernport Bay has a coastal climate, with high rainfall and mild temperatures when compared with the rest of Victoria. The purpose of this fieldwork investigation was to explore the social, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on Westernport Bay. This…

paper about a the Chesapeake Bay and how its food chain works, what the roles of the organisms are, the possible effects of a decrease in population of the algae, plants, and animals, also the possible causes for this and why as well as the preventions being done against this as well as the fixing of them. Also what else could be done or should be done about the issue. That is the main topic and subject this paper is gonna talk about. There are many organisms within the Chesapeake Bay food…

The recruitment, growth, and mortality rates of the eastern oyster in different water variables was being researched to determine the differences in the extreme low salinity effects on the oysters. Population success was a main concern of the article. The research took place in the Breton Sound in LA over a two year period. Understanding the concepts of the population dynamics is important for researchers and scientists so they can further predict the oyster population. They were able to test…