Since 2014, a team of researchers at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has been tracking the migration of cownose rays. The rays are often spotted in the Chesapeake Bay in the summer, but until now nobody knew where the rays went for the winter. During a three-year tagging study published in August, Matt Ogburn and Charles [...]
The Living Filter at Pennsylvania State University features 600 acres of agricultural land and forest, much of which is sprayed with wastewater (called effluent) from a local wastewater treatment plant and has acted as a research site for decades. Researchers recently completed a 5-year study that observed how soils in the Living Filter could act as [...]
Marine organisms with calcium-based shells are at risk from the effects of ocean acidification caused by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide. Protecting seagrass meadows could be a way to minimize the impacts of ocean acidification at local levels. Richard Zimmerman from Old Dominion University (ODU), partnering with scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science, University of California [...]
A Johns Hopkins professor is determined to make sure the same pitfalls of agriculture aren't repeated in aquaculture. Jillian Fry, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Livable Future's Seafood, Public Health, and Food Systems Project, is an expert in all things aquaculture. Image created by Paul Garland for Johns Hopkins Magazine This year, the [...]
In June, we hosted the 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18). It was a huge success, hosting over 200 Bay scientists from across the watershed and beyond. Videos of our plenary and panel speakers are now on Youtube: Rich Batuik - Three Decades of Using Science as the Foundation for Collaborative Bay and Watershed [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is administered by the CRC and funded through a cooperative agreement with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership – currently spanning the period 2016-2022. The CRC has had a long-standing role of administering all activities of STAC, an active committee with 38 members from academic and [...]
Four C-StREAM Program Students Have Productive Summer Internships This past summer, CRC and the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership funded four internships for undergraduate students to conduct Chesapeake Bay-related research and management activities. From left to right: Ashley Duncan, Mackenzie Bodman, and Ben Anderson. Not pictured: Nicholas Coleman Nicholas Coleman studies at Coastal Carolina University and [...]
Former CRC Director, Joseph ("Joe") Anthony Mihursky, passed away on August 24th at his Maryland home, overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. He oversaw CRC from 1989 through 1995. Joe started working at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in 1962. He soon became Scientist-in-Charge of the Hallowing Point Field Station, a unit of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and in this [...]
Dear colleagues, This is our ninth CRC Quarterly Newsletter and the last for 2018. It’s incredible to me how days can sometimes feel long but quarters always feel short. And though I’m still eating Chesapeake steamed crabs (biggest and fattest this time of year!) and will still be sailing for another month, I sorely miss those [...]
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) are programs that are designed to help students conduct meaningful research and learn how to be successful graduate students. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), REUs are an opportunity to pursue independent research projects at an outside university. Students work closely with a mentor at their host institution and often [...]
