Research efforts at South Slough NERR are focused on understanding estuarine functions and processes along with investigating links between watersheds, estuaries, and nearshore marine environments. Since 1994, the Research Program has implemented multiple components of the System-Wide Monitoring Program, participated in regional scientific initiatives designed to
better understand natural and human induced changes in coastal ecosystems, coordinated studies to investigate the connections between estuaries and the nearshore Pacific Ocean, studied emergent and submerged vegetation and invertebrates found in estuarine environments, and supported graduate student research in the Reserve through the Graduate Research Fellowship program. The recent addition of laboratory and office space for the Reserve on the campus of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) provides the Research Program with increased capability to collaborate on projects with visiting researchers and to accommodate graduate students and project staff.
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