Download the Entire Report - (9.6 MB .pdf file)

• Executive Summary, Principal Authors, Table of Contents (345 kb .pdf file)

• Chapter 1 - Introduction (28 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 2 - SAV, Water Quality, and Physical Habitat Relationships (110 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 3 - Light Requirements for SAV Survival and Growth (663 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 4 - Factors Contributing to Water-Column Light Attenuation(770 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 5 - Epiphyte Contributions to Light Attenuation at the Leaf Surface (321 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 6 - Beyond Light: Physical, Geological and Chemical Habitat Requirements (603 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 7 - Setting, Applying and Evaluating Minimum Light Requirements for Chesapeake Bay SAV (697 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 8 - Chesapeake Bay SAV Distribution Restoration Goals and Targets(841 kb .pdf file)
• Chapter 9 - Comparing Nearshore and Midchannel Water Quality Conditions (2.1 MB .pdf file)
• Chapter 10 - Future Needs for Continued Management Application (25 kb .pdf file)
• Literature Cited (101 kb .pdf file)

Appendices:

• Appendix a - Light Requirements for Chesapeake Bay and other SAV Species (479 kb .pdf file)
• Appendix b - The Role of Chemical Contaminants as Stress Factors Affecting SAV (130 kb .pdf file)
• Appendix c - SAS Code Used to Calculate PLL from Kd, TSS, DIN, and DIP (22 kb .pdf file)
• Appendix d - SAV Depth, Area, and Water Quality Data Used and Details of Statistical Analysis Performed (160 kb .pdf file)
• Appendix e - Spearman Rank Correlations Between Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Program Monitoring Data and Measures of SAV Data (449 kb .pdf file)

Figures:

• Figure VIII-1 - Tier I SAV Distribution Restoration Goal (212 kb .pdf file)
• Figure VIII-2 - Tier II SAV Distribution Restoration Goal (220 kb .pdf file)
• Figure VIII-3 - Tier III SAV Distribution Restoration Goal (210 kb .pdf file)
• Figure VIII-4 - Chesapeake Bay Program Segmentation Scheme (123 kb .pdf file)