Underwater Grasses in Chesapeake Bay & Mid-Atlantic Coastal Waters is an identification guide that features color photographs, line drawings, and helpful descriptions of 16 of the most common bay grass species, along with other aquatic species you might see in the Chesapeake Bay. Produced by Maryland Sea Grant in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office, the Aliiance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. You can order the guide for $29.95 from our online bookstore at www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/books/sav/

The World Resources Institute Eutrophication & Hypoxia program page
www.writ.org/project/eutrophication

Long-Term Trends in Chesapeake Bay Seasonal Hypoxia, Stratification, and Nutrient Loading. Rebecca R. Murphy, W. Michael Kemp, William P. Ball. Estuaries and Coasts, November 2011, 34(6):1293-1309.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12237-011-9413-7?LI=true

The Importance of Climate Variability to Wind-Driven Modulation of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay. Malcolm E Scully. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2010, 40:1435-1440. (Abstract)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/2010JPO4321.1?journalCode=phoc

The Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center at George Mason University
perec.gmu.edu

Spatial and seasonal patterns in water quality in an embayment-mainstem reach of the tidal freshwater Potomac River, USA: a multiyear study. R. Christian Jones, Donald P. Kelso, and Elaine Schaeffer. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment December 2008, 147(1-3):251-375.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-007-0126-0?LI=true