Environmental Data Sources for the Chesapeake Bay Area

摘要

Chesapeake Bay is one of the largest and most productive estuaries in the world. It is a unique, irreplaceable natural--as well as national--resource. Declining harvests of fish and shellfish, however, have served notice that the Bay's renewable living resources are endangered by deteriorating water quality and habitat destruction. The primary purpose of this publication is to provide information about environmental data for the Chesapeake Bay area that is available from the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service.