Tributary Basin Summary Reports

<p> <strong>Open the Data Resource:</strong> <a href='https://www.chesapeakebay.net/projects/tributary-summaries1' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.chesapeakebay.net/projects/tributary-summaries1</a> </p> <p>The Chesapeake Bay Program's Integrated Trends Analysis Team uses tidal monitoring data from more than 130 stations to produce summary reports for the Bay’s major tributary basins:</p> <ul> <li>The Choptank, which includes the Choptank, Little Choptank and Honga rivers</li> <li>The James, which includes the Appomattox, Chickahominy and Elizabeth rivers</li> <li>The Lower Eastern Shore, which includes the Nanticoke, Manokin, Wicomico, Big Annemessex and Pocomoke rivers and Tangier Sound</li> <li>Maryland's Lower Western Shore, which includes the Magothy, Severn, South, Rhode and West rivers</li> <li>Maryland's Mainstem, which includes the five mainstem segments within the Maryland state boundary</li> <li>Maryland's Upper Eastern Shore, which includes the Northeast, Bohemia, Elk, Back Creek, Sassafras and Chester Rivers, the Chesapeake &amp; Delaware Canal, and Eastern Bay</li> <li>Maryland's Upper Western Shore, which includes the Bush, Gunpowder and Middle rivers/li&gt; </li><li>The Patapsco and Back</li> <li>The Patuxent</li> <li>The Potomac</li> <li>The Rappahannock</li> <li>Virginia's Mainstem</li> <li>The York, which includes the Mattaponi and Pamunkey</li> </ul> <p>These reports use water quality sample data to summarize how tidal water quality (TN, TP, DO, Chlorophyll a and Secchi Depth) has changed over time, how and which factors may influence water quality change over time, and recent research connecting observed changes in aquatic conditions to its drivers.</p>