McLaughlin, S. M., Leight, A. K., Spires, J. E., Bricker, S. B., Jacobs, J. M., Messick, G. A. 2018. Coastal Ecological Assessment to Support NOAA’s Choptank River Complex Habitat Focus Area: Tred Avon River. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 251. NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Oxford, MD.

Analysis, Coastal, Ecosystem, Nutrients, Water quality, Watershed, Land use, Aquatic community, Aquatic ecosystems, Biology

This study evaluated the impacts of land use on the health of the Tred Avon River’s aquatic ecosystem (Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay watershed, U.S.). The results of the ecological assessment indicate that the Tred Avon is in relatively good condition relative to other Chesapeake Bay tributaries.