While a Ph.D. student at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), Kersey Sturdivant '11 developed a camera system that changed the way scientists view the seafloor. Take a deeper dive to see how his "Wormcam" is being used to evaluate environmental impact on the seafloor and its inhabitants.  

WormCam is an underwater camera developed at VIMS with funding from the National Science Foundation. A pair of WormCams currently provide sediment-level images of the York River seafloor at two locations.

Still images and time-lapse movies from WormCam help scientists better understand the important role that burrowing animals play in mixing seafloor sediments, and the physical forces that control erosion, deposition, and transport of seafloor sediments, nutrients, and contaminants.

Real-Time Still Images

View real-time, cross-sectional images of the seafloor from a pair of underwater cameras deployed in the York River at Gloucester Point and Clay Bank.

WormCam Time-Lapse

• Watch a video of Sturdivant's "Wormcam" in action as it tracks the important role burrowing animals play in mixing seafloor sediments, and the physical forces that control erosion, deposition, and transport of seafloor sediments, nutrients, and contamination.

Additional Information

• Watch a video of Sturdivant's "Wormcam" in action as it tracks the important role burrowing animals play in mixing seafloor sediments, and the physical forces that control erosion, deposition, and transport of seafloor sediments, nutrients, and contamination.
• Visit the original "Wormcam" page archived on VIMS' website.