Sediment-Based Reconstruction of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Distribution in the Severn River, a Sub-Estuary of Chesapeake Bay

• Main Authors: Arnold, Richard R., Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Dennison, William C., Stevenson, J. Court
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Coastal Research 2012
• Subjects: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Eutrophication; 210Pb; geochronology; SAV: seeds; sedimentation rates; seagrass; shore erosion; Sav’; Severn River; Zannichellia palustris
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/80789

A paleo-ecological reconstruction of long-term changes in the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in a Chesapeake sub-estuary was made using dated sediment cores on transects going from shallow (< 0.5 m) to deep (> 2 m) waters. Maynedier and Saltworks Creeks, branches of the Sev...