In 2010, President Obama issued a Total Maximum Daily Load requirement for the states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A TMDL sets a limit on how much of a particular substance can be released into a water body. My thesis ...
The edge effect is a phenomenon that occurs when two or more ecosystems overlap to form a ‘border’ environment that is ecologically different from the surrounding biome. The nature and magnitude of the edge effect can be ...
Salt marshes provide critical ecosystem services, including storm protection, water filtration, wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration. Nutrient pollution poses a major threat to these ecosystems as runoff from ...