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National Coastal Assessment Program 2003 Assessing Virginia’S Estuaries And Tidal Tributaries To Chesapeake Bay And The Atlantic Ocean July Through September 2003, Wendy Lowery, Hank Brooks, Marcel Montaine, Herb Austin Jan 2003

National Coastal Assessment Program 2003 Assessing Virginia’S Estuaries And Tidal Tributaries To Chesapeake Bay And The Atlantic Ocean July Through September 2003, Wendy Lowery, Hank Brooks, Marcel Montaine, Herb Austin

Reports

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) participated in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Coastal Assessment (NCA) in 2003. As in the previous three years, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) through EPA grant funds contracted VIMS to collect fish at pre-determined stations. Data on invertebrate community structure and bottom habitat were collected also. VIMS’ responsibilities included collection, documentation and verification of all data and the storage of samples for future delivery to DEQ.


Enhancement Of Wetlands Management In Virginia: Cumulative Impact Assessment Final Report, Center For Coastal Resources Management Jan 2003

Enhancement Of Wetlands Management In Virginia: Cumulative Impact Assessment Final Report, Center For Coastal Resources Management

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New protocols and procedures are needed to effectively implement many aspects of the new Virginia nontidal wetlands regulatory program. Effective implementation of the charge to assess and consider cumulative impacts of a proposed project on water quality and fish and wildlife resources will require a consistent and technically based assessment protocol implemented on a watershed basis. This project is the first step in development of the protocol for cumulative impact assessment.

The first step in the process was to review extant literature on cumulative impact assessment in wetlands and to review methods developed for this purpose. These reviews are an …


St. Mary’S County, Maryland Shoreline Situation Report - Methods And Guidelines, Alayde Barbosa, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods Jan 2003

St. Mary’S County, Maryland Shoreline Situation Report - Methods And Guidelines, Alayde Barbosa, Marcia Berman, Harry Berquist, Sharon Dewing, Carl Hershner, Tamia Rudnicky, Daniel E. Schatt, David Weiss, Helen Woods

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No abstract provided.


The Chesapeake Bay : A Synopsis, William J. Hargis Jr. Jan 2003

The Chesapeake Bay : A Synopsis, William J. Hargis Jr.

Reports

No abstract provided.


Assessing The Decision-Making Process In Wetlands Resources Management In Virginia, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Kirk J. Havens, Thomas A. Barnard, Patty Richards Jan 2003

Assessing The Decision-Making Process In Wetlands Resources Management In Virginia, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Kirk J. Havens, Thomas A. Barnard, Patty Richards

Reports

No abstract provided.


Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 2002, John A. Lucy, C.M. Bain Iii Jan 2003

Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 2002, John A. Lucy, C.M. Bain Iii

Reports

The Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFTP), in its eighth year during 2002, systematically trains and assists anglers in tagging a select number of species important to Virginia's marine recreational fishery and maintains the resulting tagging database. A cooperative project of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the program is primarily funded with revenues from Virginia's saltwater recreational fishing license funds (Recreational Fishing Development Fund). In addition, support for the program is provided by Virginia's Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program at VIMS.


Analysis Of Prey Selection In Black Skimmer, Rynchops Niger, Adults And Chicks Using Continuous Video Monitoring, Renae Joyce Held Jan 2003

Analysis Of Prey Selection In Black Skimmer, Rynchops Niger, Adults And Chicks Using Continuous Video Monitoring, Renae Joyce Held

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Wind Effects On The Evaluation Of Proposed Craney Island Expansions In The Lower James And Elizabeth Rivers, Momo Chen Jan 2003

The Wind Effects On The Evaluation Of Proposed Craney Island Expansions In The Lower James And Elizabeth Rivers, Momo Chen

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Avian Communities Of Created And Natural Wetlands: Saltmarshes Of Southeast Virginia, David William Desrochers Jan 2003

Avian Communities Of Created And Natural Wetlands: Saltmarshes Of Southeast Virginia, David William Desrochers

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette Jan 2003

An Analysis Of Wetland Patterns And Functions At The Watershed And Sub-Watershed Scales, With *Policy Applications, Jennifer Newton Bissonnette

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation addresses the need to define potential impacts of recent and proposed changes in federal wetland regulation in a quantifiable manner. Consideration was made not only of total wetland acreage and wetland types that could sustain losses, but also to categorize the effect such losses would have in terms of wetland functions, at the watershed scale. This work took a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach, and included employing a best-professional judgment model for scoring habitat, water quality and flood attenuation functions to determine potential cumulative impacts; a water quality study which related wetland and watershed variables to nutrient and …


Sublethal Effects Of Sediment Contamination On An Estuarine Amphipod, Bruce W. Vogt Jan 2003

Sublethal Effects Of Sediment Contamination On An Estuarine Amphipod, Bruce W. Vogt

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Persistent Organic Pollutants At The Base Of The Antarctic Marine Food Web, Amy Lee Chiuchiolo Jan 2003

Persistent Organic Pollutants At The Base Of The Antarctic Marine Food Web, Amy Lee Chiuchiolo

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of The Accuracy Of The Growing Season Used For Wetland Delineation In Se Virginia, Rebecca L. Arenson Jan 2003

An Evaluation Of The Accuracy Of The Growing Season Used For Wetland Delineation In Se Virginia, Rebecca L. Arenson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Bioavailability Of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (Pbdes) In Biosolids And Spiked Sediment To The Aquatic Worm Lumbriculus Variegatus, Serena Ciparis Jan 2003

Bioavailability Of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (Pbdes) In Biosolids And Spiked Sediment To The Aquatic Worm Lumbriculus Variegatus, Serena Ciparis

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Socioeconomic Effects Of Area Management And The Potential For Community-Based Co-Management: A Case Study Of The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Winifred L. Ryan Jan 2003

Socioeconomic Effects Of Area Management And The Potential For Community-Based Co-Management: A Case Study Of The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Winifred L. Ryan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Community concerns regarding natural resource management may be addressed in several forms. The community may participate as part of the public in the management process; community concerns may be included in social impact assessment; and communities may directly participate as managers of resources whether on their own or in conjunction with higher levels of government. In fisheries, typically community concerns are addressed through social impact assessment which is perceived to be lacking in social theory, history, and often effect (Boggs 1994, Little and Krannich 1989). More recent activity and newer regulations show success with co-management, a management regime of shared …


Long Term Permanent Vegetation Plot Studies In The Matoaka Woods, Williamsburg, Virginia : Establishment And Initial Data Analysis Of Plots Established With The North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol, Resampling Of Single Circular Plots And A Comparison Of Results From North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol And Single Circular Plot Methods, Jacob Robert George Kribel Jan 2003

Long Term Permanent Vegetation Plot Studies In The Matoaka Woods, Williamsburg, Virginia : Establishment And Initial Data Analysis Of Plots Established With The North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol, Resampling Of Single Circular Plots And A Comparison Of Results From North Carolina Vegetation Survey Protocol And Single Circular Plot Methods, Jacob Robert George Kribel

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Ecosystem Gas Exchange In Natural And Created Tidal Salt Marshes Of Tidewater, Virginia, Molly Mitchell Roggero Jan 2003

Ecosystem Gas Exchange In Natural And Created Tidal Salt Marshes Of Tidewater, Virginia, Molly Mitchell Roggero

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Metal Concentrations In Deep-Sea Mussels From A Hydrothermal Vent And Cold Seep, Shana Rapoport Jan 2003

Metal Concentrations In Deep-Sea Mussels From A Hydrothermal Vent And Cold Seep, Shana Rapoport

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Distribution, Abundance, And Home Range Of The Whip-Poor-Will (Caprimulgus Vociferus) In A Managed Forest Landscape, Michael Daniel Wilson Jan 2003

Distribution, Abundance, And Home Range Of The Whip-Poor-Will (Caprimulgus Vociferus) In A Managed Forest Landscape, Michael Daniel Wilson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.