A major research aspect of all NERR sites is the System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP), which is designed to fulfill two major goals:
1) to support state-specific non-point source pollution control programs by establishing local networks of continuous water quality and meteorological monitoring stations in representative protected estuarine ecosystems; and,
2) to develop a nation-wide database on baseline environmental conditions in the NERR system of estuaries.
Information about SWMP and water quality data for all NERR sites can be found at: http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/cdmoweb/home.html
Meteorological data for all Reserves should be available on-line by Fall 2001
DNERR Graduate Research Fellows
The Delaware NERR, through funding from NOAA, supports two graduate research fellows who are students working towards either a Masters or Doctorate degree. Their research topics must be relevant to estuarine topics of the region and they must commit up to 15 hours a week service to the Reserve.
For more information contact: http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/fellow.html
Current Fellows:
Bart Wilson, University of Delaware, Department of Geology
Alex Parker - University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies
To help us understand more about the environment here on
the Reserve, we monitor weather and aquatic conditions. This data promotes
national understanding of complex estuarine ecosystems.
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here to see current weather conditions:
Soon we will be adding
information related to our on-going projects. Check back for these updates.
For more information on Research at the St. Jones Reserve, contact:
Dr.
Robert Scarborough, Research Coordinator
818 Kitts Hummock Road
Dover, DE 19901
Phone (302) 739-3436
Fax (302) 739-3446
E-Mail: Bob.Scarborough@state.de.us
National Estuarine
Research Reserves Homepage
http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/
Central
Data Management Office
http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/cdmohome.html
Cooperative
Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
http://ciceet.unh.edu/
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