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Chesapeake Bay Mainstem - Point No Point (CB5.2)
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Location:
East of Point No Point
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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38.1368º |
| Longitude: |
-76.2280º |
Description:
This station is a mid-channel site located in the mid Chesapeake Bay, east of Point No Point. This station is located in the mesohaline zone (salinity 5 to 18 ppt) with an approximate depth of 29 meters. Water quality of the deep trough is monitored at this station.
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Current Parameter:
Dissolved Oxygen
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The yellow shaded area
represents the range of monthly mean values that have occurred from 1985 to 2012. The blue line shows the monthly mean values for each month
over that same time period. The red line shows what the current years
conditions are and how they compare to the range and the average values
we've seen.
2013
Bottom
Water Dissolved Oxygen
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Point No Point (CB5.2)
Legend
Range 1985 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Bottom Water Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l)
Chesapeake Bay Mainstem / Point No Point (CB5.2) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
7.80
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9.70
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11.50
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8.70
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9.10
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| February |
7.30
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10.27
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11.60
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7.30
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10.80
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| March |
5.90
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9.44
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10.90
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5.90
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9.10
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| April |
4.35
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6.74
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9.10
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6.40
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6.30
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| May |
0.75
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3.86
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6.29
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4.60
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5.20
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| June |
0.10
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1.64
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4.90
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3.10
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| July |
0.10
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0.52
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1.70
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0.89
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| August |
0.13
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0.86
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2.15
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0.95
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| September |
0.10
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2.33
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5.40
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3.50
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| October |
2.80
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5.12
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8.00
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5.60
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| November |
3.10
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6.80
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8.60
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8.00
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| December |
5.50
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8.34
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10.50
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7.50
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NOTE:
Results displayed are provisional and have not undergone full Quality
Assurance procedures. Although Maryland DNR believes the data presented
here are correct, we cannot guarantee their accuracy at this time.
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