Fall 2024

"Space Fish, Zombie Shrimp and Other Saltmarsh Tales"

Through the Tack Faculty Lecture Series, a William & Mary professor will address the community at least once a semester.

David Samuel Johnson, Class of 1964 Associate Professor of Marine Science, William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS
Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m.
Sadler Center | Commonwealth Auditorium

Some of the toughest creatures on Earth live closer than you might think. We have much to learn from the evolutionary tales of the extraordinary life found in salt marshes, grassy coastal prairies that are sometimes land and sometimes ocean depending on the tide.

Marine ecologist David Samuel Johnson's talk, “Space Fish, Zombie Shrimp and Other Saltmarsh Tales,” reveals the remarkable but often overlooked life of salt marshes.