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Theil Sen slope coefficients for the Chesapeake watershed-wide Index of Biotic Integrity

By Chesapeake Bay Activities July 2026 (approx.)
Two side by side maps of the Chesapeake Bay watershed highlighting the trend in BIBI_Raw scores
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(A) Theil Sen slope coefficients for the Chesapeake watershed-wide Index of Biotic Integrity (BIBI_raw) from 1985 through 2023; (B) predictions of the five-category BIBI_raw rating for 2023.

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