Priority Living Resource Areas

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Priority Level

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Data Sources: Chesapeake Bay Program
Habitat Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Living
Resources (Second Edition) (1991)

For more information, visit www.chesapeakebay.riet

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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.

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