| Institution: | Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) |
| Department: | Center for Coastal Resources Management |
| Expertise: | Coastal/Estuarine Sampling and Monitoring, Ecology, Fisheries, Land Use, Marine Life, Sea Level Rise, wetlands, coastal resilience, estuarine fish habitat, marine debris, community ecology |
| Chesapeake Management Areas: | Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation, Climate Resiliency |
| Research interests: | Living shoreline ecosystems, the role of nature-based approaches as estuarine habitat conservation strategies; mutualism between ribbed mussels and cordgrass and the enhancement of nitrogen removal in salt marshes, ecological and economic impacts of derelict fishing gear; habitat connectivity effects on species abundance and distribution; sustainability in Chesapeake Bay shorescapes: climate change, management decisions, and ecological functions |
| Email: | donnab@vims.edu |
| Web Address: | ccrm.vims.edu/ |
