The OEAS field studies course is a unique program of interdisciplinary investigation of selected sites in Southeast Virginia.  Students spend two semesters field sampling at Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve, performing sample analyses, data interpretation and integration, and group report preparation and presentations.  Data and final reports from each 441/442 class are available in the links below. 

Year	Project Title
2004/2005	Nutrient Exchange Between the James River and Hoffler Creek
Summer 2005	Distribution of Nutrients and Contaminants in Hoffler Creek and Lake Ballard, Portsmouth, Virginia
2005/2006	Constraining the Water, Salt, and Nutrients Budgets for the Hoffler Creek Ecosystem
Summer 2006	Origin of Salinity in a Near-Coastal Borrow Pit Lake
2006/2007	Metabolic Carbon Balance in the Hoffler Creek Ecosystem
Summer 2007	The Source of Alkalinity and Other Chemical Parameters within Lake Ballard
2007/2008	Temporal and Spatial Variability in Hoffler Creek: Response to Local and Regional Forcing
Summer 2008	Salt Water Transport to Lake Ballard Through a Remnant Valley at Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve
2008/2009	Contraining the Nitrogen Budget of Hoffler Creek
Summer 2009	Groundwater Influence on the Hoffler Creek Tidal Marsh System

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