Would a more focused study of the Chesapeake Bay (for example) be competitive or should a competitive study have a larger geographic focus?
A. The Chesapeake Bay watershed, which overlaps with more than one nutrient ecoregion, is sufficiently large to be considered an area of comparable scope. However, a study of the Chesapeake Bay estuary only would have greater applicability to other regions if it also considered nutrient impacts to the estuary’s tributary waters as well.
