Time Scales of Land Use Change and Export of N and P from Coastal Plain Basins to the Coastal Zone: Part 2

Start Date: 
01/01/2000
End Date: 
01/01/2003
Project Call: 
Energy and Water Cycle
Science Theme: 
Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycle Impacts
Water and Energy Cycle Impacts
Regional Initiative: 
North American Carbon Project
Region: 
North America
Continental U.S.
Solicitation: 
LCLUC-99
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
marker Principal Investigator   marker Co-Investigator   marker Collaborator   marker Postdoc Researcher   marker Graduate Student Researcher   marker Other
Team members: 
Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
Thomas Fisher Principal Investigator University of Maryland, Cambridge, United States


Abstract: 

Substitution of agriculture for forest leads to enhanced export of N and P on the Delmarva coastal plain, enhancing eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay. • Hydrochemical modeling (GWLF) captures this effect with 15-30% errors on an annual basis, <10% errors at decadal time scales.

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