Another day in the classroom!

Taking the airboat out across the mudflats

#airboat #ocean #fishing #Gulf

Working in the marsh along the Chesapeake Bay and spotted a friend
🐢
#marinelife 🦑

It’s aliveee!!
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#seaurchin #marinelife #addOCEAN

Found a few of these washed up on the beach today. Didn’t know what it was at the time, but some fellow students did and explained it to me- so interesting!!
Anybody else know or want to guess??

#beach #ocean #MermaidsPurse #VIMS #MarineBiology #addOCEAN #marineLife

I got the opportunity to interact with some extremely cool marine life today!
#marinescience #microscope #oceanography #coastal #VIMS

Went out to the marsh this week to study ghost forests and invasive phragmites. I also collected soil samples! The samples were taken along a transect that started in the marsh (far left sample) and continued into the high forest (far right sample). Notice the change in depth of organic material!