Estuarine Research, Monitoring, and Resource Protection

National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Program Components NERRS MISSION NERRS PROGRAM COMPONENTS Monitoring and Research System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) Other NERRS Projects Special High Priority Initiatives Education and Outreach Case Study 1: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve WATERSHED Upland Pitch Pine/Oak Forests Sandplain Grasslands Vernal Pools and Coastal Plain Pond Shores Riparian Habitats Freshwater Wetlands Salt Marshes Mudflats and Sandflats Beaches and Dunes ESTUARY Tidal Creeks and Channels Waquoit Bay Organisms ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS Eutrophication Case Study 2: Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING MULLICA RIVER-GREAT BAY ESTUARY Water Quality WATERSHED BIOTIC COMMUNITIES Plant Communities Salt Marshes Brackish Tidal Marshes Freshwater Marshes Lowland Plant Communities Upland Plant Communities Barrier Island Plant Communities Animal Communities Amphibians and Reptiles Mammals Birds Fish Estuarine Biotic Communities Plant Communities Animal Communities Case Study 3: Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve LOWER ST. JONES RIVER RESERVE Watershed Upland Vegetation Wetland Vegetation Aquatic Habitat Water Quality Anthropogenic Impacts Pollution Habitat Alteration Biotic Communities Phytoplankton Zooplankton Benthic Fauna Finfish Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Mammals UPPER BLACKBIRD CREEK RESERVE Watershed Upland Vegetation Wetland Vegetation Aquatic Habitat Anthropogenic Impacts Pollution and Habitat Alteration Biotic Communities Phytoplankton Zooplankton Benthic Fauna Finfish Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Mammals Commercially and Recreationally Important Species Case Study 4: ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve WATERSHED Plant Communities Animal Communities Amphibians and Reptiles Mammals Birds Insects ESTUARY Physical-chemical Characteristics Biotic Communities Phytoplankton Zooplankton Benthic Invertebrates Fish COASTAL MARINE WATERS Animal Communities Fish Reptiles Mammals Birds ENDANGERED/THREATENED SPECIES ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS Case Study 5: Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve WEEKS BAY Physical Description WATERSHED Plant Communities Upland Habitats Wetland Habitats Animal Communities Herpetofauna Mammals Birds ESTUARY Plant Communities Phytoplankton and Microphytobenthos Animal Communities Zooplankton Benthic Fauna Fish ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS Case Study 6: Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve WATERSHED Habitat Salt Marsh Salt Pannes Brackish Marsh Riparian Habitat Wetland-Upland Transition Dunes and Beach Habitat Intertidal Flats ESTUARY Aquatic Habitat Tidal Creeks and Channels ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS