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Bay Acidification
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), the University of Delaware, and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) are investigating how ocean acidification could potentially compound existing problems in the Bay. A major problem already plaguing the Bay is caused by nutrient pollution. When fertilizer run off enters the Bay, nutrients in the...
Read MoreCBED Update
This year, we launched the Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database. This is a database built into our website with hundreds of scientists and managers who focus their work on the Chesapeake Bay. We currently have 244 participants, and we hope to reach 300 by the end of the year. Any one can search the database by name, institution, management area, expertise, or research interests. Each person in the...
Read MoreChesapeake Goes to RI
From November 5th to November 9th, scientists, managers, students, and professionals from across disciplines will come together in Providence, RI to discuss marine and coastal issues. The biennial conference hosted by the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) is called “Coastal Science at the Inflection Point: Celebrating Successes & Learning from Challenges.” This...
Read MoreDirector’s Corner
Dear Colleagues, For those of us in academia, this is a busy time of year, in the midst of fall semester or quarter, and often with mid-term exams planned or underway. In addition, as this newsletter goes out, many of us are at the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation’s (CERF) 24th Biennial Conference (5 -9 November in Providence, RI). This conference includes more than 150...
Read MoreVirus Impacting Molting Crabs
Eric Schott, a molecular biologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is investigating a virus that is plaguing blue crab shedding operations around the Bay. Schott first discovered the virus, called CsRV1, 10 years ago and it has been found to be present in up to 80% of the crabs that die in shedding operations. The goal of his research is to determine if...
Read MoreSTAC News
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 scientific...
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