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Land & Water Protected
NERRS protects more than 1.3 million acres in 28 reserves in 22 states and Puerto Rico.
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Water Quality Conditions
Water quality data is collected at 15 or 30 minute intervals at 4 locations within or adjacent to a research reserve.
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Weather Conditions
Weather data is collected within or adjacent to a research reserve at 5 second intervals.
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Changes in Habitats
This component of SWMP aims to understand how changes in land-use and sea-level impact NERRS habitats.
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Biological Communities
Biological monitoring helps us better understand community composition, species abundance, and species distributions.
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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.
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Interpreting the SWMP Data
The SWMP data has helped in identifying and assessing contaminant spills, measuring the impacts from stormwater, hurricanes; and analyzing water quality conditions related to fish kills and shellfish diseases.
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