AREC 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Total Maximum Daily Load, Aquatic Plant, Combined Sewer

• School: JMU
• Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Course: AREC 200
• Professor: Keryn Gedan

Document Summary

Arec 200: the chesapeake bay ecosystem: science, economics and policy problem set #1: questions are similar to what will be on the mid-term exam. Grading: 5% of course grade (total points 50) Short response (4 points each, 36 total): several physical characteristics of the chesapeake bay make it more difficult to restore than the average estuary or coastal sea. Describe one and explain the link to water quality restoration. The chesapeake bay has the delmarva peninsula (creates a funnel shape), which kind of locks in all the sediments, nutrients, and pollution in the bay for a long period of time. Most coastal sea"s mouths are open and the water freely flows in and out the ocean. Tmdl is the total maximum daily load, which establishes a limit for all sources of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediments. Decrease in population: over harvesting, diseases: dermo and msx.