By David Malmquist
VIMS
graduate student Kelsey Fall discusses her research aboard the RV Pelican with
Senate staffer Clyde Cristman. Photo by Jennifer Latour.
Members of the Education Subcommittee of the Virginia Senate Finance Committee enjoyed a waterfront tour of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on July 24 in conjunction with their public meeting at VIMS.
VIMS Dean and Director John Wells, who led the tour of VIMS’ Gloucester Point campus aboard the research vessel Pelican, says he was “delighted to help our esteemed guests learn more about VIMS and how our services benefit the citizens of the Commonwealth."
Joining Wells aboard the RV Pelican was VIMS Master’s student Kelsey Fall, who described her study of the erosion and accumulation of muddy sediments in lower Chesapeake Bay. When suspended in the water, muddy sediments degrade water quality and block sunlight from seagrass beds; when on the seafloor they tend to accumulate high levels of nutrients and other aquatic contaminants.
VIMS Dean and Director John Wells, who led the tour of VIMS’ Gloucester Point campus aboard the research vessel Pelican, says he was “delighted to help our esteemed guests learn more about VIMS and how our services benefit the citizens of the Commonwealth."
Joining Wells aboard the RV Pelican was VIMS Master’s student Kelsey Fall, who described her study of the erosion and accumulation of muddy sediments in lower Chesapeake Bay. When suspended in the water, muddy sediments degrade water quality and block sunlight from seagrass beds; when on the seafloor they tend to accumulate high levels of nutrients and other aquatic contaminants.
Excerpted from: http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/senate_visit.php
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