Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

All smiles at the 2023 VCR All Scientists Meeting! @USLTER

How are oyster reefs connected, and how does the distribution of their larvae impact recovering oysters? The Castorani lab at UVA has just deployed a new experiment to find out. We'll return later to add cages that help reveal the role of predation in shaping oyster recruitment.

Good morning, Oyster! Are we ready for the summer field season? @vcrlter

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 @LaurenBrideau1 @uvaevsc @vcrlter #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. @NSF @USLTER

Orientation to the LTER Network—webinar this Wednesday, 1/24! Register for this Community Call, our first, here: lternet.edu/stories/lter-c…

Looking for paid undergraduate research experience this summer? Apply for a REU position at the @vcrlter on the Eastern Shore of Virginia! abcrc.virginia.edu/siteman2/index… Applications are due February 11th. #coastalecology #REU #summerinternship @USLTER @NSF @Nature_VA

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. @USLTER #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 @MaryBryanBarks1

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 @matthewburtner) and research talks from @Karen_McG2 and @matt_reidenbach

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 @vcrlter #seagrass #seaturtles

🌊🌱 It's here! 🚨🥳 Check out our new (and easy!) method for tracking sediment accretion and erosion in #seagrass meadows. #bluecarbon @Karen_McG2 @FlaglerCollege @uvaevsc @ResilienceUVA @vcrlter 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 @vcrlter coast. Led by @SaltMudVegHeat @VIMS_News. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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. @SaltMudVegHeat @uvaevsc @vcrlter @FlaglerCollege link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Some August happenings at the VCR #LTER. Thank you to @soemhoffman for the photos 📸

The #restoration and #conservation of #coastal habitats can enhance #biodiversity and support ecosystem function in the face of global change.🏝️ Read more on this from Hardison, McGlathery, and Castorani at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1… #science

Coastal marine megaripples are metabolic hotspots with highly dynamic oxygen exchange – Check out our new aquatic #EddyCovariance paper: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Image: Google Earth

The air quality wasn’t great for our quarterly Water Quality Sampling at the @vcrlter yesterday, but there were some pretty stellar crews out on the bays!