Priority Living Resource Areas Chesapeake Bay y Chesapeake Bay Program A Watershed Partnership Priority Level Susquehanna River HIGH MEDIUM Baltimore Patapsco River Richmond Ontario r nyj OH * , PA wy )-MD DCr KnjJ VA NC Atlantic Ocean Data Sources: Chesapeake Bay Program Habitat Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Living Resources (Second Edition) (1991) For more information, visit www.chesapeakebay.riet Norfol k Nanticoke River ^Salisbury Wicom ico R ive r Pocomoke River Species Included Menhaden Blue Crab Striped Bass Oyster Anchovy Soft Shell Clam Alewife Hard Shell Clam Hickory Shad Spot American Shad Speckled Sea Trout Yellow Perch Postlarval Blue Crab White Perch Catfish Blueback Herring Summer Flounder Largemouth Bass Atlantic Sturgeon Chain Pickerel Croaker Submerged Aquatic Vegetation The Chesapeake Bay Program's target species listed in Habitat Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Living Resources, Second Edition (1991) which had habitat requirements that could be directly affected by nutrient overenrichment (e.g., dissolved oxygen) or sediments (e.g., light penetration) were arrayed by water column and bottom as their principal habitats. These included all the fish and shellfish species in that document, with several fish species and related layers added for newer potential habitat information was available. Priority areas for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) were considered separately. Priority Living Resource Areas were identified based on the co-occurrence of habitats for multiple water column and bottom species. 0 12.5 25 50 Kilometers 1 i i i i i i i i I—r T 12.5 T T 25 "I 1 1 1 Created by JW, 1/31/08 UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83 ------- |