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- 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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- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- 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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- 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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Publications - Restoration

Mann, R. 2013. Restoring nature’s coastal architects: a reality check. Ecological Restoration. 31(3) 323-324. https://doi.org/10.3368/er.31.3.323

Harding, J.M., M. Southworth, R. Mann, J.A. Wesson. 2012. Comparison of Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Eastern Oyster) recruitment on constructed reefs and adjacent natural oyster bars over decadel time scales. Northeastern Naturalist. 19(4):627-646. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.019.0407

Kennedy, V.S., D. L. Breitburg, M. C. Christman, M. W. Luckenbach, K. Paynter, J. Kramer, K. G. Sellner, J. Dew-Baxter, C. Keller, and R. Mann. 2011. Lessons Learned from Efforts to Restore Oyster Populations in Maryland and Virginia, 1990-2007. J. Shellfish Research. 30(3):719-732. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/359/

Mann, R. and E. 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. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/438/

Mann, R. and D. Evans. 2004. Site selection for oyster habitat rehabilitation in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay: A commentary. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23(1): 41-49. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/464/

Southworth, M. and R. Mann. 2004. Decadal scale changes in seasonal patterns of oyster recruitment in the Virginia subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23(2): 391-402. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/462/

Mann, R. 2001. Restoration of the oyster resource in Chesapeake Bay. Bulletin of the Aquaculture Association of Canada. 101(1): 38-42. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/17363

Harding, J.M. and R. Mann. 2001. Oyster reefs as fish habitat: Opportunistic use of restored reefs by transient fishes. Journal of Shellfish Research. 20(3): 951-959. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1438

Harding, J.M. & R. Mann. 2000. Estimates of naked goby (Gobiosoma bosc), striped blenny (Chasmodes bosquianus) and eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larval production around a restored Chesapeake Bay oyster reef. Bulletin of Marine Science. 66(1):29-45.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/17465

Mann, R. 2000. Restoring the oyster reef communities in Chesapeake Bay: a commentary. Journal of Shellfish Research. 19(1): 335-339. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/482/

Bartol, I.K. and R. Mann. 1999. Small-scale patterns of recruitment on a constructed intertidal reef: the role of spatial refugia. pp. 159-170. In: M. Luckenbach, R. Mann and J. Wesson (Eds.). Oyster reef habitat restoration: A synopsis and synthesis of approaches. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Press, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/22/

Bartol, I.K. and R. Mann. 1999. Growth and mortality of oysters (Crassostrea virginica) on constructed intertidal reefs: effects of tidal height and substrate level. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 237:157-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00175-0

Harding, J. M. & R. Mann. 1999. Fish species richness in relation to restored oyster reefs, Piankatank River, Virginia. Bulletin of Marine Science 65(1): 289-300. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/17464

Wesson, J., R. Mann, and M. Luckenbach. 1999. Oyster restoration efforts in Virginia. pp. 117-129. In: M. Luckenbach, R. Mann and J. Wesson (Eds.). Oyster reef habitat restoration. A synopsis and synthesis of approaches. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Press, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/22/

Luckenbach, M., R. Mann, & J.A. Wesson. (editors), 1999. Oyster reef habitat restoration. A synopsis and synthesis of approaches. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Press. Gloucester Point, VA. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/22/

Mann, R. and J.M. Harding. 1998. Continuing trophic studies on constructed "restored" oyster reefs. Annual report to the U.S. E.P.A. Chesapeake Bay Program, Living Resources Committee. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062. 71 p.

Southworth, M. and R. Mann. 1998. Oyster reef broodstock enhancement in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(4):1101-1114. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/490/

Bartol, I. & R. Mann, 1997. Small-scale settlement patterns of the oyster Crassostrea virginica on a constructed intertidal reef. Bulletin of Marine Science. 61: 881-897. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/17460

Mann, R. & J.M. Harding, 1997. Trophic studies on constructed "restored" oyster reefs. Annual report to the U.S. E.P.A. Chesapeake Bay Program, Living Resources Committee. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062. 30 p. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1766/

Mann, R., F. Perkins, J. Wesson, & I. Bartol, 1996. Intertidal oyster reefs as a tool for estuarine rehabilitation and rejuvenation of the Virginia oyster fishery. Final report to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Resource Management Program, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1899/