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.

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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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- 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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Jack Buchanan

Laboratory Specialist

Phone: (804) 684-7815
Email: [[jrbuchanan]]
Office: Fisheries Science Laboratory 142
Section: Natural Resources

Education

B.S. in Biology (Marine Biology Concentration) - Old Dominion University - 2012

M.Sc. in Biology - Old Dominion University - 2016

Current Projects

Chief Scientist for the Juvenile Striped Bass Seine Survey
Predation impacts of Blue Catfish on Blue Crabs in Estuarine Environments
Invasive Blue Catfish in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries
Virginia Trawl Survey for Juvenile Fishes

Publications

Buchanan, J.R., et al. 2019. Regional extinction risks for marine bony fishes occurring in the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Biological Conservation 230: 10-19.
Polidoro, B.A., Ralph, G.M., Strongin, K., Harvey, M., Carpenter, K.E., Arnold, R., Buchanan, J.R., et al. 2017. The status of marine biodiversity in the Eastern Central Atlantic (West and Central Africa). Aquatic Conservation: Marine Freshwater Ecosystems 00: 1–14.
Buchanan, J.R., Krupp, F., Burt, J.A., Feary, D.A., Ralph, G.M., and Carpenter, K.E. 2016. Living on the edge: Vulnerability of coral-dependent fishes of the Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin 105(2): 480-488.