Eyes on the Bay - Links
Other Bay Internet Resources
Regional Water Quality Data Sources:
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources Streamhealth
- Maryland Geological Survey - Coastal Geology
- EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Datahub
- Virginia Estuarine and Coastal Observing System (VECOS)
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) Remote Water Quality Monitoring Network
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control (DNREC) Water Quality Portal
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) Chesapeake Bay Data
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) Assets Map
- NOAA Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS)
- NOAA Northern Chesapeake Bay PORTS Data (Winds, Tides, Currents, Water Quality)
- EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Benthic, Plankton and Zooplankton Databases
- Versar Benthic Data
- EPA STOrage and RETrieval and Water Quality eXchange (STORET/WQX)
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) SAV Data
- MDE Water Quality Mapping Center
Academic and Research Partners:
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
- Morgan State University Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)
- Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR-MD)
- Integration & Application Network (IAN)
- University of Maryland Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES)
- Maryland Coastal Bays Program
Recent Work Groups and Task Forces:
- Maryland Aquatic Invasive Species Workgroup
- Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment
- Maryland Ocean Acidification Task Force
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Library has also compiled an impressive list of resource links, grouped by subject matter, including Chesapeake Bay and educator resources, Chesapeake photos, invasive species, reference materials and publications, species databases and information, maps, and much more.