Increased vegetation, lower oxygen levels and
decreased water clarity can adversely impact recreational fish, such as yellow perch, bass and crappies.
Not exact matches
Algal blooms, which
decrease the
clarity of the
water, have all but disappeared in the past decade.
When your body is deprived of
water, you can definitely feel the side effects, which include: feeling tired, sluggish,
decreased immune function, constipation, lack of energy, low / high blood pressure, lack of sleep, lack of mental
clarity and feeling stressed, just to name a few.
The lower Chesapeake Bay is especially at risk due to high rates of sinking land (known as subsidence).96 Climate change and sea level rise are also likely to cause a number of ecological impacts, including declining
water quality and
clarity, increases in harmful algae and low oxygen (hypoxia) events,
decreases in a number of species including eelgrass and seagrass beds, and changing interactions among trophic levels (positions in the food chain) leading to an increase in subtropical fish and shellfish species in the bay.66