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Have a deadline? Need quick access to pictures for a breaking science story? Then visit the VIMS Image Bank, an on-line library containing hundreds of FREE digital images of marine creatures and topics. Use the built-in search engine to find images by common name, scientific name, or photographer. View and download small (~40K), low-resolution (72-dpi) images for use on a computer monitor, or large (~400K), high-resolution (225 dpi) images for print media. Before using these images, please read our copyright statement. |
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Researchers release juvenile blue crabs—VIMS researchers continue to release hatchery-reared blue crabs into the York River in a collaborative project to determine whether such efforts could be used to enhance Chesapeake Bay's historically low blue crab stocks. Watch a crab release video clip here: .avi file | .mov file |
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Dye Project—Swimmers and boaters may have seen what appeared to be a "red tide" in several areas of Chesapeake Bay during summer and fall 2004. These patches were part of a study designed to further enhance biosecurity of non-native oyster trials. Watch as VIMS researchers release rhodamine dye into the water to help predict where tidal currents might carry larval oysters. (40 second clip; 6.1 MB). |
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Pfiesteria —VIMS researchers have found that Pfiesteria shumwayae kills fishes by feeding directly on their skin. The new research has important implications for scientists trying to understand the basic biology of Pfiesteria species and the possible role these dinoflagellates may play in estuarine fish kills and fish-lesion events. Watch a Pfiesteria shumwayae cell attached to and feeding on fish skin. |
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Sea Turtles—VIMS has served as the Commonwealth's center for the monitoring, study, and conservation of endangered and threatened sea turtles within Virginia's waters since 1979. Between 5,000 and 10,000 sea turtles enter Chesapeake Bay each spring/summer when the sea temperatures rise. Tagging Video | Migration Video |
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Fish and Shellfish Immunity— Visit Dr. Steve Kaattari's lab as he describes efforts to understand the immune defense mechanisms of finfish and shellfish. |
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Hurricane Isabel— Hurricane Isabel struck the VIMS campus on September 18, 2003. Isabel's storm-surge and waves combined to destroy all three of VIMS' research piers, including the pump houses and lines that supply running seawater to Institute scientists. Waves, storm-surge flooding, and fallen trees also claimed 18,000 sq ft of workspace and displaced 34 personnel. Destruction of Ferry Pier (Real Media | Windows Media | Oyster Pier Video (Windows Media) low resolution | high res |
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Counting Virginia's Juvenile Eels—The American eel is an abundant resident of all tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay in its yellow eel phase. Join the VIMS's American Eel Monitoring Survey team from the Department of Fisheries Science as they follow the spring migration of eels into Virginia's estuaries and freshwater lakes and ponds. |
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A Few Tense Moments for VIMS Team as Pods Hover Overhead>—Tairua Beach, New Zealand and Cedar Island, Virginia are the foci of collaborative research between researchers at VIMS and New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Come along as VIMS' geologists seek to understand coastal storm erosion in New Zealand and here at home. |
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Chesapeake Bay Watch - Click here to see streaming video clips based on the VIMS public service television announcements, covering topics from blue crabs to rapa whelks to sea turtles. |
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