Good morning, Oyster! Are we ready for the summer field season?
Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

“Reef Generations” my new data artwork on oyster reef restoration with Virginia Coast Reserve LTER #coastalconservatory is premiering at the Data is Art UVA School of Data Science exhibition. Check out the pieces at the link and vote for the People’s Choice Award! datascience.virginia.edu/data-art/peopl…

Have you ever been somewhere that might not exist in a few years? This is the north end of Cobb Island, which is rapidly changing. Zoom in for some bonus trimble surveying for scale
Lauren Brideau UVa EnviSci Virginia Coast Reserve LTER
#barrierisland #easternshore #coastalchange

Coming this Friday!

Want to learn about science graphics with a Senior Art Editor of Nature?

The LTER Visual Media Webinar is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8 am PT/ 11 am ET!  Register for the event below. lternet.edu/stories/introd…

Come spend your summer at the Virginia Coast Reserve #LTER ! There are just under 2 weeks left to apply for our #REU positions; applications are due February 11th. U.S. National Science Foundation US LTER

Orientation to the LTER Network—webinar this Wednesday, 1/24!

Register for this Community Call, our first, here:
lternet.edu/stories/lter-c…

This summer, we are running an Undergraduate Research Experience in Marine Biology and Statistical Ecology at UVA, University of Kansas, & UC Santa Barbara 🌊🐟📈 Please share widely and apply by Feb. 19! #REU U.S. National Science Foundation US LTER Virginia Coast Reserve LTER SBC LTER Kyle Emery Ecological Society

🥳 Congratulations to Sean Hardison, who successfully defended his PhD today in UVA UVa EnviSci! Stay tuned for some exciting papers about how climate is affecting fish and fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay and NE Shelf. Virginia Coast Reserve LTER US LTER

Looking for paid undergraduate research experience this summer? Apply for a REU position at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER on the Eastern Shore of Virginia!
abcrc.virginia.edu/siteman2/index…
Applications are due February 11th.
#coastalecology #REU #summerinternship
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Applications are now open for paid research experiences for undergraduates this summer at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER!
abcrc.virginia.edu/siteman2/
Applications are due February 11th.
US LTER #REU #USLTER #VCR

'Existing carbon budgets may overstate the magnitude of the coastal carbon sink' because eroding carbon stocks along the VA Atlantic coast are dominated by deep, UNvegetated sediments (nope, not marsh, not seagrass). New paper by Mary Bryan Barksdale

Mark your calendars! Next Wednesday, December 6 will be The Coastal Conservatory’s 2023 Coastal Futures Festival in Nau Hall from 2-5pm. Featuring an album release (“Soundscapes of Restoration” by Matthew Burtner) and research talks from Karen McGlathery and Matt Reidenbach

Congratulations to Dr. Kinsey Tedford, who recently defended her dissertation on #oyster #restoration #ecology 🦪 First PhD student from our lab is out the door! We can’t wait to see what she does next. UVa EnviSci Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

Our recent analysis of land cover change revealed that nearly 200 Gg of carbon were lost from a portion of the coast in ~40 years BUT compensatory mechanisms in the coastal landscape replaced this loss in <7 years!

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A great press article from the UVA Environmental Institute summarizing #vcrlter student, Sean Hardison's, paper that was recently published in Conservation Biology

Clear waters and perfect October weather out on South Bay this morning at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

#seagrass #seaturtles

🌊🌱 It's here! 🚨🥳 Check out our new (and easy!) method for tracking sediment accretion and erosion in #seagrass meadows. #bluecarbon Karen McGlathery Flagler College UVa EnviSci UVA's Environmental Institute Virginia Coast Reserve LTER
doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

New paper: It took only 7 years for surviving #bluecarbon ecosystems to replace 36 years worth of degradation across the entire Virginia Coast Reserve LTER coast. Led by Alex Smith Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New Conservation Biology paper led by S. Hardison shows #restoration enhances #fish production and #biodiversity . In a 7-yr study, restored #seagrass meadows yield 6× more fish and 2× more diversity! Better habitat for seagrass → more fish. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1… Virginia Coast Reserve LTER US LTER U.S. National Science Foundation

New paper alert! 🚨🌊🌱Led by Dr. Alex Smith, we looked at how coastal ecosystems can absorb regional carbon losses caused by shifts in ecosystem cover. Alex Smith UVa EnviSci Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Flagler College link.springer.com/article/10.100…