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Full-Text Articles in Marine Biology
Marine Invertebrates, Marvin L. Wass
Marine Invertebrates, Marvin L. Wass
VIMS Books and Book Chapters
Virginia and Maryland are favored with the largest estuary in the United States-the Chesapeake Bay. The Bay is 289 kilometers (173 miles) long and 47.6 kilometers (28.6 miles) wide near Smith Point. The estuary is relatively shallow, with an average depth of 8.05 meters (26.4 feet) and a maximum depth of 53 meters (174 feet) at Blood Point Light in Maryland. The greatest depth in Virginia is near Smith Point: 44 meters (144 feet) (Wolman, 1968). While this deep hole has probably never been sampled for benthos, many rare species have been collected in an area just south of Smith …
The Marine Algae Of Virginia, Harold J. Humm
The Marine Algae Of Virginia, Harold J. Humm
VIMS Books and Book Chapters
Starting with initial collections near Yorktown back in 1946, Humm over the years gathered information on algae appearing all seasons of the year from bays, marshes, reefs, wrecks and a variety of substrates from the Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay and tidewater areas.
Includes a systematic list of species, keys, descriptions, drawings and images of specimens.