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- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Eugene M. Burreson

Faculty Emeritus

Retired: 2010
Department: Aquatic Health Sciences
Email: [[gene]]
Phone: (804) 684-7015
Interests: Shellfish disease; marine leeches.

Education

B.S., Eastern Oregon State College
M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University

Research Interests

My broad interests are the biology and ecology of protozoan parasites of marine fish and shellfish and their effect on host recruitment and population dynamics. Current emphasis is on oyster and clam pathogens. Presently, my research focuses on environmental control of the distribution and abundance of shellfish pathogens, the life cycles and transmission dynamics of shellfish pathogens and on ways to mitigate the effects of these pathogens on the shellfish industries of Chesapeake Bay. I am also interested in the taxonomy and systematics of marine leeches.