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Mid Atlantic Bight and Chesapeake Bay

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The Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB) extends alongshore, from Cape Cod, MA to Cape Hatteras, NC and includes major estuarine systems such as Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay and Pamlico Sound. Sea level rise continues to have a dramatic effect on developed watersheds and urban estuaries, which are common to this highly populated region. Tropical cyclones contribute to flooding, which impacts coastal roads, homes, farms, and even fresh water supplies. Research is being applied to improve our understanding of the physical processes that connect estuaries and the coastal ocean and better forecast floods. Advances will result in improved marine policies and coastal resilience.

This chapter is dedicated to research asst. professor Arthur Schwarzschild (1966–2017) who is best known for his leadership as the site director at Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center in Oyster, Va., which is the facility that hosts the Virginia Coastal Reserve Long Term Ecological Research program.

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  2. Ocean Engineering and Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA

    Gary Zarillo

  3. School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

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Nichols, C.R., Zarillo, G., D’Elia, C.F. (2019). Mid Atlantic Bight and Chesapeake Bay. In: Wright, L., Nichols, C. (eds) Tomorrow's Coasts: Complex and Impermanent. Coastal Research Library, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75453-6_15

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