A lot of plants, animals, and other critters call the Chesapeake Bay watershed home–maybe even you! Some organisms spend their entire lives in the Bay while others travel in and out of the Bay at different points in their life cycles. The river herring are the latter, travelers. While their name may lead you to believe they are river dwellers, these fish actually spend most of their lives at sea. Similar to salmon on the west coast, river herring on the east coast make an annual migration into the Chesapeake Bay and other similar coastal bays to spawn, or reproduce. They make this journey...…A lot of plants, animals, and other critters call the Chesapeake Bay watershed home–maybe even you! Some organisms spend their entire lives in the Bay while others travel in and out of the Bay at different points in their life cycles. The river herring are the latter, travelers. While their name may lead you to believe they are river dwellers, these fish actually spend most of their lives at sea. Similar to salmon on the west coast, river herring on the east coast make an annual migration into the Chesapeake Bay and other similar coastal bays to spawn, or reproduce. They make this journey...WW…

Accounting and Information AssuranceNick Seybert received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He conducts experimental and archival research in financial accounting with a focus on manager personality traits as well as on investors’ and managers’ decision-making biases. His research has been published in leading journals, including the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and Accounting, Organizations and Society. Prior to joining the Smith School, he was a faculty member at...…Accounting and Information AssuranceNick Seybert received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He conducts experimental and archival research in financial accounting with a focus on manager personality traits as well as on investors’ and managers’ decision-making biases. His research has been published in leading journals, including the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and Accounting, Organizations and Society. Prior to joining the Smith School, he was a faculty member at...WW…