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9 Priority Questions: Summarizing Scientific Insights to Inform Nutrient and Sediment Management Activities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- How can stakeholders use modeling and monitoring to strengthen decision-making?
- How has the amount of nutrients and sediment changed over time in Chesapeake Bay streams and rivers?
- What drives nutrient responses in Chesapeake Bay streams and rivers?
- What are the characteristics of effective nutrient and sediment management practices?
- How do legacy nutrients affect recent changes in nitrogen and phosphorus?
- How does the water quality of streams and rivers affect conditions in the Chesapeake Bay?
- How does improving water quality benefit biological communities and human health?
- How can different sediment sources reach streams and be managed?
- How do temperature and rainfall changes affect water quality responses and management practice effects?
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