Visual Environmental Education Guide

EutrophicationTracing Nutrient Pollution Back to

Penns Creek

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Negative Consequences of Eutrophication

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Chesapeake Bay

A satellite image of Chesapeake Bay (lower) and Delaware Bay (upper) in the Middle Atlantic Bight

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Algae in the Chesapeake Bay

Image from Ben Marsh

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Changes in Land use and Population in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Image from W. M. Kemp

Summer Hypoxic Dead Zone

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Relative contributions of flow and nutrient load from tributaries entering Chesapeake

Bay

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Chesapeake Bay

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Nutrient and Sediment Pollution in the Susquehanna River

Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen in the Susquehanna

Temperature – Red LineDissolved Oxygen – Green Line

Penns Creek

Penns Creek’s confluence with the Susquehanna

Nutrient and Sediment Pollution in Penns Creek

Local Example of Eutrophication

Image from Ben Marsh

A Local Eutrophic Pond

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Algal Communities in Penns Creek

Percent Cocconeis, the dominant genus in the microslide diatom community.

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Map of the study area showing the distribution of the 12 study sites

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A Local Example of Poor Farming Practices

Image from Ben Marsh,

A Local Example of Poor Farming Practices

Image from Ben Marsh

A Local Example of Poor Farming Practices

Image from Ben Marsh

Local Farm Spreading Manure

Image from Ben Marsh

Best Management Practices

Before: A stream bank damaged from livestock grazing

After: The same stream bank after BMP (Best Management Practice) implementation, including installed fencing, livestock crossing, and tree-planting. 

 

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