Derrick Panton (in red shirt), past student of the Salt Marsh Primary School, with from (left) principal of Salt Marsh Primary and Infant School Mervyn Sinclair teachers Venesha Brown-Gordon and ...

Millions of purple marsh crabs are churning through salt marshes along the East Coast, significantly disrupting the storage of carbon within these ecosystems.

A study led by William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS scientists has shown that purple marsh crabs can significantly disrupt carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S.