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Main Title Stratigraphic Evidence of Human turbance in Some Chesapeake Bay Tributaries.
Author Brush, Grace S. ; Davis, Frank W. ;
CORP Author Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Engineering.;Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, MD. Chesapeake Bay Program.
Year Published 1983
Report Number EPA-R-805962 ;EPA-R-806680; EPA-600/3-83-052;
Stock Number PB83-225292
Additional Subjects Diatoms ; Disturbances ; Sediments ; Stratigraphy ; Chesapeake Bay ; Geochronology ; Land use ; Humans ; Seeds ; Distribution(Property) ; Ferns ; Core analysis ; Environmental impacts ; Pollen ; History ; Tributaries
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Abstract Response of diatom (algal) and submerged macrophyte (angiospermous) populations to disturbance in some Chesapeake Bay tributaries over the last few centuries is interpreted from abundance of diatom frustules and presence of macrophyte seeds preserved in dated estuarine sediments. The historical record of disturbance during the time period considered includes land clearance and urbanization of the watershed resulting from human activity, as well as from periodic storms. The stratigraphic record indicates that both the diatom and submerged macrophyte populations were stable prior to European settlement. With the onset of land clearance, dramatic changes are registered that include shifts in total numbers of cells and seeds as well as in species composition. The kind of response appears to be unique for a particular type of disturbance.
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PUB Date Free Form Jun 83
Category Codes 8G; 47E; 68
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/05
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 328719677
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