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CBL scientist tracks jellyfish population in Chesapeake Bay
October 13, 2015
In 1960, CBL Research Associate David Cargo started a daily routine of strolling down the CBL research pier and recording the number of jellyfish he could see in the water. Today, CBL Assistant Professor Dr. Hongsheng Bi and his students are continuing the same method — and are working on a new jellyfish-counting method as well.

Studying Sturgeon: Preserving the Ghosts of Chesapeake Past
October 12, 2015
CBL Professor Dr. David Secor is co-leading the Chesapeake Sturgeon Initiative, a project that seeks to discover what a fish that swam with dinosaurs and fed Jamestown colonists needs to survive in the Chesapeake Bay today.

Dr. Walter Boynton: Admiral of the Chesapeake
October 12, 2015
Gov. O'Malley names Chesapeake Biological Laboratory scientist Walter Boynton an Admiral of the Chesapeake.

CBL helps Louisiana understand invasive nature of water hyacinth
October 12, 2015
CBL Research Professor Dr. Lisa Wainger is examining both the environmental and economic costs and benefits of fighting one of the southern Louisiana waterways’ most troublesome invasive species: water hyacinth.

Counting Chesapeake Crabs: UMCES scientist tracks mysterious decline
October 12, 2015
Each winter since 1988, CBL has worked with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences to conduct a dredge survey that estimates the total number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay.

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