The Chesapeake Ecotox Research Program (CERP) is a multi-institutional program that will develop a means for predicting the effects of contaminant reduction strategies on living resources in the Chesapeake Bay. The long-range aims of this five-year collaborative project by scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies (UMCES), the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the Academy of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research Center (ANSERC) and Old Dominion University (ODU) - all of which are members of the Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) - are to quantify how low but chronic levels of pollutants affect ecologically important Bay species.

CERP is overseen by the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee (CBEEC) and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office, through the Sea Grant programs of Maryland and Virginia.

For more information about the Chesapeake Ecotox Research Program:

Sally Mills
208 Waterman's Hall
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester, Virginia 23062
(804) 684-7167
mills@vims.edu

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