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293 Salinity: Spring and Fall: Higher river flows in spring (left) push back the ocean’s saltier influence. In autumn, drier wea ...
294 MA P O F T H E CH E S A P E A K E BAY ...
295 EA S T CO A S T MA P PA MD VA WVA ...
296 he Bay’s Best One can hardly say Chesapeake Bay without a picture of the blue crab coming to mind. This pugnacious creature ...
297 In 12 to 18 months, the juvenile crab reaches maturity and measures about 5 inches from point to point across the back. The ...
298 Biologists are now studying the blue crab to understand how its numbers are affected by a deteriorating Bay environment. One ...
299 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in North America. Its waters provide food and habit ...
300 esource at Risk Since colonial days, East Coast fisherman have delighted in the striped bass, a migratory fish known for its ...
301 ause for Concern The decline of Atlantic striped bass was so alarming that Congress enacted an Emergency Striped Bass Act in ...
302 Since 1985, more than 190,000 hatchery-reared and wild striped bass have been tagged with external anchor or “spaghetti” tag ...
303 Striped Bass Facts 70–90 percent of the striped bass in Atlantic coast waters spawn in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. At one t ...
304 figure 103. NOAA 12, Chesapeake Bay on April 20, 1994 image courtesy of D. Peters, Linganore High School, Frederick, Marylan ...
305 figure 104. NOAA 12, Chesapeake Bay on May 3, 1994 image courtesy of D. Peters, Linganore High School, Frederick, Maryland ...
306 figure 104a. NOAA 12, Chesapeake Bay on May 3, 1994, with temperatures image courtesy of D. Peters, Linganore High School, F ...
307 figure 105. NOAA 12, Chesapeake Bay on September 1, 1993 image courtesy of D. Peters, Linganore High School, Frederick, Mary ...
figure 106. NOAA 12, Chesapeake Bay on November 7, 1994, showing hurricane image courtesy of D. Peters, Linganore High School, F ...
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adiabatic Process without transfer of heat, compression results in warming, expansion results in cooling. advection Horizontal t ...
312 APT, Automatic Picture Transmission System developed to make real-time reception of satellite images possible whenever an AP ...
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