Additional Research

Several other research organizations are doing, or have done, work on the South River, including the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Links to some of those reports are below:

  • Poukish, C., Luckett, C., & Soehl, A. (2009). 2005 Caged Clam Study to Characterize PCB Bioavailability in the Impaired Watersheds Throughout the State of Maryland. [pdf].
  • Michelsen, E. (2009). The South River, Legacy Sediments, and the Future of the Resource. Water Resources Impact. [pdf].
  • Fullington, T. (2009).  Calculating the Flushing Rate of the South River using the Tidal Prism Method (Poster, USNA). [pdf].
  • Jones, K. (2009). Inter-Creek Variability of Water Quality Indicators in a Sub-Estuary of the Chesapeake Bay (Poster, USNA). [pdf].
  • Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works. (2008). South River Watershed Study Summary Report. [Available upon request from the Federation].
  • Burke, D., & Hardaway, S. (2007). South River Shore Erosion Management and Living Shoreline Guidelines. The Conservation Fund [pdf].
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (2007). South River Shoreline Management Plan Synopsis.  [pdf].
  • Smith, S., Coyne, K., & Trumbauer, C. (2006). Measuring the Pulse of the South River Watershed: Reestablishing Flow Monitoring at Bacon Ridge Branch. MD Department of Natural Resources [pdf].
  • Karrh, L. (2005). Coupling Oyster and Future SAV Restoration: A demonstration project (Harness Creek). MD Department of Natural Resources [pdf].
  • Pinkney, F. (2005). Tumors in Catfish from the South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [pdf].
  • Maryland Department of the Environment. (2005). Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in the South River, Duvall Creek, Selby Bay, and Ramsey Lake of the South River Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland [pdf].
  • Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works. (2004). Warehouse Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Master Plan Study. [Available upon request from the Federation].
  • Kilian, J., & Stranko, S. (2003). Temporal changes in the ecological condition of non-tidal streams in Back River, Jones Falls, and South River Watersheds. Maryland Department of Natural Resources [pdf].
  • Stranko, S., Kilian, J., & Hurd, M. (2003). Assessment and Prioritization of Streams in Back River, Jones Falls, Breton Bay, Bird River, Lower Pocomoke River, and South River Watersheds in Need of Restoration and Protection.  Maryland Department of Natural Resources [pdf].
  • Janicki, A., & Greening, H. (1988). The Effects of Stream Liming on Water Chemistry and Anadromous Yellow Perch Spawning Success in Two Maryland Coastal Plains Streams. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 41 [pdf]. 
  • Phillip, C., & Brown, R. (1965). Ecological Studies of Transition-Zone Vascular Plants in South River, Maryland.  Chesapeake Science, 6 [pdf].