Session 17: Effects of habitat and water quality changes on higher trophic levels in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed

Session Lead: Kim De Mutsert

Session Format: Oral presentations

Abstract:

Explicit modeling of effects on higher trophic levels of habitat or water quality changes in the Chesapeake Bay has been lagging behind the physical models. Modeling projects as well as field and lab studies can push this science forward, and we are interested in submissions from all three areas. Preference will be given to presentations that address the following challenges we face as we enter the third decade of the 21^st century: 1) how will we look beyond the TMDL to restoration of living resources? 2) what is the state of the art in our ability to predict how management of nutrient and sediment loads will impact higher trophic levels in the Bay and its watershed?