Tagged Stories: "dissolved oxygen"

Low spring nutrient loads should lead to improved water quality this summer.

Improving simulations could improve our understanding of shallow-waters.

34% of Bay waters met standards for dissolved oxygen; some oyster and grass beds healthy despite conditions.

In the days since Hurricane Irene, data show that the storm may have given the Bay a short-term water quality boost.

The Chesapeake Bay is expected to have moderate to poor dissolved oxygen conditions during the early part of the summer.

The Magothy River in Anne Arundel County, Md., received a D-minus on its latest health report card.

There was a smaller low-oxygen "dead zone" and fewer fish kills and sea nettles in the Chesapeake Bay this summer.

Maryland and Virginia have real-time, near-time and fixed monitoring stations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

We've all read the stories about the Bay's "dead zones" - areas of the Bay that become devoid of oxygen during the hot summer months.

A hot, steamy summer has settled on the Bay watershed, bringing scorching temperatures and high electric bills. The news has been filled wit