Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

{{Short description|Marine science laboratory in Maryland}}

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The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) is a marine science laboratory on the Chesapeake Bay in Solomons, Maryland, and it is the oldest state-supported marine laboratory on the East Coast of the U.S.{{cite web|title=Marine lab history|url=https://mlml.sjsu.edu/2016/05/20/the-others-that-turned-50/|accessdate=10 March 2022}} It was founded in 1925 in a small waterman's shack by Dr. Reginald V. Truitt and is part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.{{cite web|title=UMCES web site|url=http://www.umces.edu|accessdate=3 January 2013}}

As of 2013, CBL had 28 faculty members, 7 visiting PhD-level scientists, 22 students, 29 research technicians and 33 staff.;{{cite web|title=CBL web site|url=http://www.umces.edu/cbl|accessdate=3 January 2013}} total employment by 2021 was 128, and the lab was the 20th largest employer in Calvert County {{cite web|title=Calvert County web site|url=https://www.ecalvert.com/180/Major-Employers|accessdate=10 March 2022}} The CBL campus includes 21 buildings, which include purpose built research facilities with running sea water and environmentally-controlled chambers.{{cite web|title=CBL web site|url=https://www.umces.edu/cbl/facilities|accessdate=11 March 2022}} The Nutrient Analytical Services Laboratory is a key service lab that provides chemical analysis for samples from across the United States.{{cite web|title=CBL web site|url=https://www.umces.edu/nutrient-analytical-services-laboratory|accessdate=15 March 2022}} The lab has other diverse instrumentation that allow its scientists to make measurements of biogeochemical constituents. One example is a stable isotope mass spectrometer,{{cite web|title=CBL web site|url=https://sites.google.com/umces.edu/stable-isotopes-lab-at-cbl/home|accessdate=17 March 2022}} located in the Bernie Fowler Laboratory, which is named for a local politician, Bernie Fowler, who advocated for cleaning up Chesapeake Bay. Local research is supported by the research vessel RV Rachel Carson (2008), which is home ported at CBL.