Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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- VIMS celebrates 50 years of shark research, a milestone for marine conservation.
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- Research published in Nature Communications by Ph.D. student Mary Bryan Barksdale shows coastal landscapes are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock.
  
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- A new report by VIMS emphasizes a collaborative approach to mitigating sudden oyster mortality syndrome.
  
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- Lifetimes dedicated to environmental science inspired Fu-Lin Chu Ph.D. '82, P '97, P '12 and William Chu P '97, P '12 to create a fellowship for graduate students in the School of Marine Science.
  
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Oyster Stock Assessment

Harding, J. M., Mann, R., M. Southworth, and J. Wesson. 2010. Management of the Piankatank River, Virginia in support of oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin 1791) fishery repletion. Journal of Shellfish Research. 29(4): 1-22.

Southworth, M., J. M. Harding, R. Mann and J. Wesson. 2010. Oyster (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791) population dynamics on public reefs in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 29(2): 271-290.

Mann, R., J. M. Harding and M. Southworth. 2009. Reconstructing pre-colonial oyster demographics in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 85: 217-222.

Mann, R., M. Southworth, J.M. Harding and J. Wesson. 2009. Population studies of the native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, (Gmelin, 1791) in the James River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research. 28(2): 193-220.

Harding. J. M., R. Mann and M. Southworth. 2008. Shell length-at-age relationships in James River, Virginia oysters (Crassostrea virginica) collected four centuries apart. Journal of Shellfish Research. 27(5): 1109-1116.

Mann, R and E. N. Powell. 2007. Why oyster restoration goals in the Chesapeake Bay are not and probably cannot be achieved. Journal of Shellfish Research. 26(4): 905-917.

Mann, R., Southworth, M.J., Harding, J.M. & J. Wesson. 2004. A comparison of dredge and patent tongs for estimation of oyster populations. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23(2): 387-390.

Southworth, M. and R. Mann. 2004. Decadal scale changes in seasonal patterns of oyster recruitment in the Virginia sub estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23(2): 391-402.

Mann, R. and D. A. Evans. 1998. Estimation of oyster, Crassostrea virginica, standing stock, larval production and advective loss in relation to observed recruitment in the James River, Virginia. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(1): 239-254

Southworth, M. and R. Mann. 1998. Oyster reef broodstock enhancement in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(4):1101-1114.

Barber, B. and R. Mann. 1990. Estimation of standing crop of oysters in the James River, Virginia using commercial fishing records. Final report to the NOAA/Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, Annapolis, MD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. 44p.