Ecological Research on Wetlands and Submersed Aquatic Vegetation

Bibliography of USGS investigations through 2001 in Chesapeake Bay (Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C) and in Back Bay, Virginia. For newer (after 2001) project publications, see bibliography under Vegetation and Hydrogeomorphic Relations; also see Potomac Estuary Study Bibliography for publications specific to the Potomac Estuary.

Barko, J.W., G.L. Godshalk, V.Carter, and N.B. Rybicki. 1988. Effects of submersed aquatic macrophytes on physical and chemical properties of surrounding water. Department of the Army Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report A-99-11, 28 p.

Batiuk, R., P. Heasley,  R. Orth, K. Moore, J. Stevenson, W. Dennison, L. Staver, V. Carter, N. Rybicki, R. Hickman, S. Kollar, S. Bieber, P. Bergstrom. 1992. Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation habitat requirements and restoration goals: a technical synthesis. USEPA CBP/TRS 83/92, 162 p.

Batiuk, R., P. Bergstrom, M. Kemp, E. Koch, L. Murray, J.C. Stevenson, R. Bartleson, V. Carter, N.B. Rybicki, J.M. Landwehr, C. Gallegos, L. Karrh, M. Naylor, D. Wilcox, K.A. Moore, S. Ailstock, and M. Teichberg. 2000.  Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation water quality and habitat-based requirements and restoration targets: a second technical synthesis. USEPA CBP/TRS 245/00.

Callender, Edward, Carter, Virginia P., Hahl, D.C., Hitt, K.J., and Schultz, Barbara I. editors, l984, A water-quality study of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary--an overview: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2233, 46 p.

Carter, V., P.T. Gammon, and N. Bartow. 1983. Submersed aquatic plants of the tidal Potomac River. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1543, 58 p.

Carter, Virginia, and Rybicki, N.B., 1991, Light attenuation in Back Bay, Virginia, in H.G. Marshall and M.D. Norman (eds.), Proceedings of the Back Bay Symposium, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, p. 20-28.

Carter, V. and N.B. Rybicki. 1985. The effects of grazers and light penetration on the survival of transplants of Vallisneria americana Michx. in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland. Aquatic Botany 23:197-213.

Carter, V. 1985. Review of: Introduction to freshwater vegetation: Bioscience 35(3):191-192.

Carter, Virginia, Paschal, J.E., Jr., and Bartow, Nancy, 1985, Distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, Maryland and Virginia, May 1978 to November 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2234A, 46 p.

Carter, Virginia, and Rybicki, N.B., 1986, Resurgence of submersed aquatic macrophytes in the tidal Potomac river, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia: Estuaries, v. 9, no. 4B, p. 368-375.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, R.T. Anderson, T.J. Trombley, and G.L. Zynjuk. 1985. Data on distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and transition zone of the Potomac River, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, 1983 and 1984. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-82, 61 p.

Carter, V., N. B. Rybicki, J. M. Landwehr, and M.D. Naylor, 2000, Light requirements for SAV survival and growth, in "Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation water quality and habitat-based requirements and restoration targets:  A Second Technical Synthesis.", Eds. M. Kemp, R.Batiuk, and P. Bergstrom, US EPA for the CBP245-00.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, and C.L. Schulman. 1987. Effect of salinity and temperature on germination of monoecious Hydrilla propagules. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 25:54-57.

Carter, V., J.W. Barko, G.L. Godshalk, and N.B. Rybicki. 1988. Effects of submersed macrophytes on water quality in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 4(4):493-501.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, R.C. Jones, J.W. Barko, P.V. Dresler, R.E. Hickman, and R.T. Anderson. 1989. Data on physical, chemical and biological data and characteristics of Hydrilla beds, mixed beds, and unvegetated sites in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland, and Virginia, 1987. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-709, 196 p.

Carter, V., and N. Rybicki. 1990. Light attenuation and submersed macrophyte distribution in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary. Estuaries 13(4):441-452.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, and R. Hammerschlag. 1991. Effects of submersed macrophytes on dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature under different conditions of wind, tide, and bed structure. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 6(2):121-133.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, and M. Turtora. 1991. Population dynamics of submersed macrophytes in the tidal Potomac River. In Proceedings, 25th annual Meeting, Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg,Mississippi, Misc. Paper A-91-3, p. 41-53.

Carter, V., and N.B. Rybicki. 1994. Invasions and declines of submersed macrophytes in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, the Currituck Sound-Back Bay system, and the Pamlico River Estuary. Lake and Reservoir Management 10(1):39-48.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, and M. Turtora. 1996. Effect of increasing photon irradiance on the growth of Vallisneria americana in the tidal Potomac River. Aquatic Botany 54:337-345.

Carter, V., N.B. Rybicki, J.M. Landwehr, J.T. Reel, and H.A. Ruhl. 1998. Correlations among seasonal water quality, discharge, weather, and coverage by submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Potomac Estuary, 1983-96. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-657, 81 p.

Dennison, W.C., R.J. Orth, K.A. Moore, J.C. Stevenson, V. Carter, S. Kollar, P.W. Bergstrom, and R.A. Batiuk. 1993. Assessing water quality with submersed aquatic vegetation. Bioscience 43(2):86-94.

Jenter, H., N.B. Rybicki, R.B. Baltzer, and V. Carter. 1990. Tidal mass exchange between a submerged aquatic vegetation bed and the main channel of the Potomac River. Proceedings of the 1991 Hydraulic Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Nashville, Tennessee, p. 298-304.

Landwehr, J.M., V. Carter, and N.B. Rybicki. 1997. The re-emergence of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River in response to environmental and climatic factors. EOS 78(17):S124.

Landwehr, J.M., J.T. Reel, N.B. Rybicki, H.A. Ruhl, and V. Carter. 1999. Chesapeake Bay habitat criteria scores and the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Potomac Estuary, 1983-1997. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-219.

Orth, R., J. Simons, R. Allair, V. Carter, L. Hindman, K. Moore, and N. Rybicki. 1985. Distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay and tributaries-1984. Final Report to U.S.EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Md.,155 p.

Orth, R., J. Simons, J. Capelli, V. Carter, L. Hindman, S. Hodges, K. Moore, and N. Rybicki. 1986. Distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries-1985. Final Report to U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Md., 296 p.

Orth, R., J. Simon, J. Capelli, V. Carter, A. Frisch, L. Hindman, S. Hodges, K. Moore, and N. Rybicki. 1987. Distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries and Chincoteaque Bay-1986. Final Report to U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Md., 180 p.

Orth, R., K. Moore, R. Batiuk, P. Heasley, W. Dennison, J. Stevenson, L. Staver, V. Carter, N. Rybicki, S. Kollar, R. Hickman, and S. Bieber. 1991. Water quality standards based on species' habitat requirements-a case study from the Chesapeake Bay using submerged aquatic vegetation. In Water Quality Standards for the 21st Century, Proceedings, U.S. EPA Office of Water, WH-533, p. 177-181.

Paschal, J., D. Miller, N. Bartow, and V. Carter. 1982. Submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Hydrologic Data Report, May 1978 to November 1981, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-694, 220 p.

Ruhl, H.A., N.B. Rybicki, J.T. Reel, and V. Carter. 1999. Distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1993-1998. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-233.

Rybicki, N.B.  2000, Relationships between environmental variables and submersed aquatic vegetation in the Potomac River, 1985-1997, Ph. D Thesis, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.

Rybicki, N., Anderson, R.T., Shapiro, J.M., Johnson, K. L., and C. L. Schulman. 1987. Data on the distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1986:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-575, 82 p.

Rybicki, N., R.T. Anderson, J.M. Shapiro, C.L. Jones, and V. Carter. 1986. Data on distribution and abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1985. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-126, 49 p.

Rybicki, N.B. and V. Carter. 1986. Effects of sediment depth and sediment type on the survival of Vallisneria americana Michx. grown from tubers. Aquatic Botany 24: 233-240.

Rybicki, N.B. and V. Carter. 1995. Revegetation and propagule transport in the tidal Potomac River. In Proceedings, 29th Annual Meeting Aquatic Plant Control Program, U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Misc.Paper A-95-3, p. 201-218.

Rybicki, N.B., V. Carter, R.T. Anderson, and T.J. Trombley. 1985. Hydrilla verticillata in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, 1983 and 1984. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-77, 26 p.

Rybicki, N.B., H.L. Jenter, V. Carter, R.A. Baltzer, and M. Turtora. 1997. Tidal flux between a submersed aquatic plant stand and the adjacent channel in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. Limnology and Oceanography, in press.

Rybicki, N. B., McFarland, D. G., Ruhl, H. A., Reel, J. T. and Barko, J. W..  2001, Investigations of the availability and survival of submersed aquatic vegetation propagules in the Tidal Potomac River. Estuaries, v. 24, no. 3, p. 407-424

Steward, K.K., T.K. Van, V. Carter, and A.H. Pieterse. 1984. Hydrilla invades Washington, D.C. and the Potomac. American Journal of Botany 71(1):162-163.