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Taking the Pulse of Our Estuaries
How is data collected?
All 27 reserves use same monitoring equipment, similar monitoring schedules and protecols. Data is collected, transmitted & interpreted real-time.
Monitoring the Health of Our Estuaries
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP)
tracks short-term variability and long-term changes
in estuarine waters to understand how human activities and natural events can change ecosystems.
Dataloggers are automated instruments used to record water quality indicators at 15 minute intervals.
Weather data are collected at 5 second intervals
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