The upward trend in maritime oil transport increases the risk of oil spills, which have the
potential to cause considerable damage to the marine environment. Therefore, a formal …

Best management practices (BMPs) have been predominantly used throughout the
Chesapeake Bay watershed (CBW) to reduce nutrients and sediments entering streams …

Municipal and industrial wastewater effluent is an important source of water for lotic systems,
especially during periods of low flow. The accumulated wastewater effluent flows …

Decades of poor reproductive success and young-of-the-year survival, combined with adult
mortality events, have led to a decline in the smallmouth bass (SMB; Micropterus dolomieu) …

Objective Recent estimates of the North Carolina blue crab Callinectes sapidus stock found
that the stock is overfished and overfishing is occurring. Threats outlined in the 2018 stock …

Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu were sampled from three sites within the Lake Erie
drainage (Elk Creek, Twentymile Creek, and Misery Bay, an embayment in Presque Isle …

Managing and understanding fisheries dynamics are becoming more complex as new and
seemingly more complicated environmental factors are identified. Often management …

Acidentes industriais, como vazamentos de produtos tóxicos, têm causado danos
catastróficos aos ambientes ecológicos (animais e plantas), de modo que se faz necessário …