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Target species were acquired from the list in Habitat Requirements for Chesapeake Bay Living Resources, Second Edition (1991) to contribute to a map of priority living resource areas. Water column species which had habitat requirements that could be directly affected by excess nutrients or sediments were identified and included in this spatial depiction. Species selected for water column habitat included: menhaden, striped bass, anchovy, alewife, hickory shad, American shad, yellow perch, white perch, blueback herring, largemouth bass, and chain pickerel. This map was combined with the bottom dwelling habitat map, and overlapped areas were included in the development of a priority living resources map |