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Recent & On-going Projects

The VIMS ecosystem modeling group is involved in several projects, including: Brush Lab: Hybrid Empirical-Mechanistic Modeling of Estuarine Biogeochemistry, Metabolism, and Water Quality. Current focus: Modeling Tools to Predict Hypoxia/Anoxia in Upper Narragansett Bay. (Rhode Island) Modeling Atlantic Menhaden in Support of Nutrient and Multispecies Management (Chesapeake Bay) Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP): Development of Watershed and Estuarine Simulation Models for the New River Estuary, North Carolina (Wiseman thesis) Modeling Hypoxia/Anoxia in the York River, VA. Part of the VIMS Chesapeake Bay Initiative: Deep Water Component. (Lake thesis) Modeling Nitrogen Loading to Virginia’s Eastern Shore Lagoons – a collaboration between VIMS, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER program. (Poleto thesis) An initial report can be found here Development of a Model of Positive and Negative Feedbacks Within Beds of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (York River, Chesapeake Bay) (Gardner dissertation) Friedrichs Lab: Regional Ecosystem Modeling Testbed Project U.S. Eastern Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Analysis NASA Primary Productivity Algorithm Round-Robin (PPARR): A Comparison of Models that Estimate Primary Productivity Using Ocean Color Data Primary Productivity Analysis and Predictions from an Assimilative Biogeochemical Ocean General Circulation Model Selected Past Projects (Wetzel Lab): Sediment and Nutrient Load Modeling for Virginia Watersheds Size-Fractionated Plankton Model of the York River Predicting Benthic Nutrient Fluxes Modeling the Response of Seagrass Ecosystems to Multiple Stressors Questions? Contact Dr. Mark J. Brush or Dr. Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs Ecosystem Modeling / VIMS PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA  23062-1346, USA Telephone:  804-684-7402; FAX:  804-684-7752 (This page last updated  )