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University of Maryland scientists report mostly improved oxygen and modest algae levels in Calvert County tidal creeks in 2024
Summary
Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science presented 2024 water-quality monitoring results June 3 showing generally higher bottom-water dissolved oxygen in many tidal creeks, modest chlorophyll a levels and localized concerns such as an uptick in algae in Parker's Creek.
Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory presented results June 3 from Calvert County’s 2024 tidal-creek water quality monitoring program, a county-funded partnership running in Solomon’s Harbor and other tributaries since 1987 (Solomon’s Harbor) and 2009 (additional creeks).
Researchers Jeremy Testa and Laura Harris summarized summer and spring 2024 monitoring of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), water clarity (Secchi depth), and chlorophyll a. The presentation also included coliform and non-cholera Vibrio data compiled from state and county records.
Key points presented: - Solomon’s Harbor: 2024 was ‘‘one of the better years’’ for bottom-water DO (presenters noted it was the…
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