Learn about the decline of oysters, the restoration efforts and research being conducted, and explore a reef community, getting up close and personal with some oyster reef residents.
Oysters have a long history as an economically important resource worldwide. In the Chesapeake Bay region oysters have been an important food source...read more...
Hello! My name is, Melissa Karp, and I am a graduate student at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. My research focuses on quantifying the diversity and abundance of organisms...read more...
Explore an oyster reef and learn about the various organisms that inhabit oyster reefs ...click here...
Here you can swipe through numerous pictures taken during the field sampling of restored oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay...click here...
