The Batten School & VIMS campus will be closed on Monday, March 15 due to the National Weather Service prediction for severe weather including periods of rain, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- 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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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- 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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Lab Manuals

Molluscan Ecology Lab Manuals

General Shell Procedures
- 2020-2 Cleaning Shells
- 2018-2 Archiving Shells
General Imaging Procedures
- 2020-3 Cell Sens Protocol
- 2019-3 Utilizing Fiji/Image J Protocol
  - TreeRing.ojj software (download)
Scallops
- 2021-1 Scallop Protocol
- 2020-1 Scallop Tracking Template (.pdf version) (.xlsx download)
Clams
- 2020-4 C14 Samples from Arctica islandica
- 2 019-1 Aging of Clams Protocol
Oysters
- 2020-1 Training Manual for the Oyster Field Data Entry Terminal (OFDET)
- 2017-1 Shellstring (Spatfall) Survey Step by Step Methods