Partners | Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University is proud to be work directly Chesapeake Bay Program with the following partners on a regular basis:

Federal Agencies:

USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

U.S. Geological Survey

State Agencies:

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)

Academic Institutions:

Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS)

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Other Institutions:

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

Elizabeth River Project (ERP)

Versar: Maryland’s Benthic Monitoring Program

A comprehensive list of Chesapeake Bay Program partners can be found here >

ODU shares and uses data with and from the following sites:

Chesapeake Bay Program Data Hub- source for all CBP water quality and living resource data.
Virginia Estuarine & Coastal Observing System (VECOS) - real-time continuous buoy and in-situ data flow water quality collections in Virginia.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) – real-time, historical and model water quality and weather data from multiple sources.
Ocean biodiversity information system (OBIS) - World’s largest open-access repository for marine biodiversity data.
World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) - taxonomic nomenclature resources.
Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS) - taxonomic nomenclature resources.