VIMS

HAB Research Projects

Current research projects:

CBTOX: Biotoxins threatening the shellfish industry in Lower Chesapeake Bay. 

(Sea Grant Aquaculture)

Cross-regional comparison of Dinophysis bloom dynamics, drivers, and toxicity.

(NOAA - ECOHAB)

Hatchery Health: Enhancing commercial sustainability in the hatchery production of oysters and clams.

(Sea Grant Aquaculture, Co-PI)

Completed research projects:
PSP Closure Sign

Linking source to bloom: nitrogen stable isotopes. 

(NSF CHEM OCE)

ESP Deployment in GOM

Development of assay to detect saxitoxins aboard ESP biosensor.

(MIT Sea Grant, Co-PI)

Dinophysis acuminata

Toxin production by Dinophysis.

(NSF BIO OCE, Co-I)