Tidal Water Quality Monitoring Stations in the Chesapeake Bay

<p><b>Open the Data Resource:</b> <a href='https://gis.chesapeakebay.net/ags/rest/services/TMDL/TMDL_layers/MapServer/9' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gis.chesapeakebay.net/ags/rest/services/TMDL/TMDL_layers/MapServer/9</a></p> <p>The Chesapeake Bay <a href='https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/programs/quality-assurance/tidal-water-quality-monitoring' rel='nofollow ugc'>Tidal Water Quality Monitoring</a> program uses a fixed station strategy with sites distributed along the mid-channel waters of the Bay, its tidal tributaries and embayments. The exact number of stations has varied over the long history of the program. One or more stations are located in each of the Bay's 92 segments. Sampling frequency has ranged from 20 times per year to 14 cruises annually. Synoptic sampling of all the tidal waters takes one to two weeks with the available funding, field staff and sampling vessel resources.<p></p></p>