Research
Aquaculture Research
Activities of the ESL Castagna Shellfish Research Hatchery & Nursery.
Ecological Monitoring Program
An ecological monitoring program established near the Eastern Shore Laboratory, Wachapreague, Virginia.
Water Quality Monitoring
Live water quality monitoring from the ESL at Wachapreague and Willis Wharf.
Bay Scallop Restoration
We have been working since 2009 to re-establish a bay scallop population to seaside bays where they have been functionally extinct since 1933.
Evolutionary Ecology
The VIMS Eastern Shore Lab is now the home base for the Krueger-Hadfield Evolutionary Ecology lab.
Stream Water Quality and Land Use
Live water quality monitoring from the ESL at Wachapreague and Willis Wharf.
Archived Research
Less recent research by Eastern Shore Lab scientists:
- Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) Heterotrophic biofilm filter for recirculating water use in shellfish hatcheries.
- Surf Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks This is one of the first research projects to examine both species simultaneously in Chesapeake Bay and in coastal bays along the Atlantic margin of the Delmarva Peninsula.