UMCES is the most prominent single institution involved in scientific discoveries about the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Although focusing more than 2/3 of its research on this region, the Center's activities are global, involving research from the Arabian Sea to the Yellowstone and from the poles to the tropics.

UMCES' scientists include biologists, ecologists, physicists, chemists, geologists, engineers, and economists who work together in a truly transdisciplinary community. The Center has notable research strengths in several important areas and is focusing its scientific discovery, integration, application and education in four strategic directions over this decade.  

Links to other Chesapeake Bay research

To find out about specific research endeavors at the Center's laboratories click on one of the following:

Appalachian Laboratory
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Horn Point Laboratory

The Center also administers the
Maryland Sea Grant College which supports research throughout the state.

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