Video Highlights of VCR LTER Research Programs

See a glimpse of life at our site and coastal research station.

VCR LTER site Video Flyby

Long-term research Protocols

Fish sampling protocol (seining in seagrass)
Seagrass synoptic protocols
End of Year Biomass protocol (EoYB – marshes)

Research sites, sampling methods, and key findings

Salt marsh elevation, erosion, and inland migration
- Upper Phillips Creek Marsh
- Preventing coastal erosion (2017)

Seagrass
- Seagrass productivity + carbon sequestration ( 2018)
- Synoptic Seagrass Sampling, 2016
- Seagrass Restoration Paying off for the Eastern Shore
- Seagrass Video from COSEE
- Interviews with Karen McGlathery, Art Schwarzschild, Laura Reynolds from COSEE

Beaches + barrier islands
- Plant x barrier island interactions
- Keepers of Our Coast

This film shows one aspect of VCR LTER studies. Explore the links to discover more research.

Stream chemistry
- Cobb Mill Creek Nitrogen Processing
Information Management
- Introduction to Information Management at the VCR/LTER (Powerpoint Version)
- Intro. to Data Archiving Powerpoint (with sound)
- ILTER Information Management Workshop, 2000 Available in Windows Media Player format.
Collaborations
- Turning the Tide (Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative)
Training videos
- Bathymetry Measurements 2000 (low quality archival video)
- Small mammal habitat measurements
Brief Clips
- ABCRC – Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center
- Cobb Mill Creek
- in Windows Media and Quicktime MP4 formats
An informal introduction to the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER Research sites Windows Media (This video is a download. It is also available as Quicktime MP4 HERE.)