Editing Chesapeake Bay (section)

===Scientific research===
[[File:(EPA Science Chesapeake Bay 2) 412-DSP-2-2012-08-02 DNRCorsica 033.jpg - DPLA - 0e8feb8ad0b3b8da07012f2bc660c376.jpg|thumb|[[Maryland Department of Natural Resources]] survey vessel tied up to a private dock with a continuous monitoring station.]]
[[File:NOAA-smartbuoy2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System]] smart buoy on the [[Patapsco River]].]]
Researchers work in the Chesapeake Bay to collect information about water quality, plant and animal abundances, shoreline erosion, tides, waves, and harmful algal blooms. For example, the [[Virginia Institute of Marine Science]] monitors the abundance of [[submerged aquatic vegetation]] in the shallow areas of the Chesapeake Bay each summer.<ref name="Orth">{{cite journal | last1=Orth | first1=Robert J. | last2=Dennison | first2=William C. | last3=Lefcheck | first3=Jonathan S. | last4=Gurbisz | first4=Cassie | last5=Hannam | first5=Michael | last6=Keisman | first6=Jennifer | last7=Landry | first7=J. Brooke | last8=Moore | first8=Kenneth A. | last9=Murphy | first9=Rebecca R. | last10=Patrick | first10=Christopher J. | last11=Testa | first11=Jeremy | last12=Weller | first12=Donald E. | last13=Wilcox | first13=David J. | title=Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Sentinel Species in a Changing World | journal=BioScience | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=67 | issue=8 | date=14 June 2017 | issn=0006-3568 | doi=10.1093/biosci/bix058 | pages=698–712| doi-access=free }}</ref> Many organizations run continuous monitoring programs. Monitoring programs set out instruments at fixed stations on [[Weather buoy|buoys]], moorings, and docks throughout the bay to record things like temperature, [[salinity]], [[Chlorophyll|chlorophyll-a]] concentration, [[Oxygen saturation|dissolved oxygen]], and [[turbidity]] over time.<ref name="CBIBS">{{cite web | title=Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System | website=Home | date=23 December 2021 | url=https://buoybay.noaa.gov/ | access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="VIMS WQ">{{cite web | title=Water Quality Monitoring | website=Virginia Institute of Marine Science | url=https://www.vims.edu/cbnerr/monitoring/water_quality/index.php | access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Eyes on the Bay">{{cite web | title=Eyes on the Bay: Your home for Maryland tidal water quality data, downloads and visualizations | website=Eyes on the Bay | date=22 February 2022 | url=http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/index.cfm | access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>

Organizations actively collecting data in the Chesapeake Bay include, but are not limited to:
*[[Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Maryland)|Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland]]
*[[Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Virginia)|Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia]]
*[[Chesapeake Bay Program]]
*Hampton Roads Sanitation District
*[[Maryland Department of Natural Resources]]
*[[Goddard Space Flight Center|NASA GSFC]] Ocean Biology group
*NASA GSFC Applied Sciences group (Water Resources and Human Health areas)
*[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] Chesapeake Bay Office
*[[Old Dominion University]]'s Earth and Ocean Sciences Department
*[[Smithsonian Environmental Research Center]]
*[[United States Geological Survey]]
*[[University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]]
*Virginia Department of Environmental Quality<ref name="Virginia DEQ">{{cite web | title=Home | website=Virginia DEQ | date=20 September 2011 | url=https://www.deq.virginia.gov/ | access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[Virginia Department of Health]]
*[[Virginia Institute of Marine Science]]
*[[Virginia Marine Resources Commission]]