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National
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National
Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR) was established
in 1972 under the Coastal Zone Management Act and is administered
within the Estuarine Reserves Division of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). There are currently
25 NERR sites in the United States, encompassing more than
one million acres of estuarine habitat in a wide-variety
of biogeographic regions. The
mission of the Reserves is to promote informed management
through linked programs of research, education and land
management. Each Reserve is built on a foundation of ongoing
partnerships with state, federal and local authorities.
Issues of national priority include nonpoint source pollution,
habitat restoration, maintenance of biodiversity and control
of invasive species, and sustaining estuarine ecosystems.
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In addition
to the individual Reserve sites and the Estuarine Research
Division of NOAA, resources of the National Estuarine Research
Reserve system include the Cooperative Institute for Coastal
and Estuarine Environmental Technologies (CICEET), the Central
Data Management Office (CDMO), and NOAA'a Coastal Services
Center (CSC).
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CICEET
is a partnership between NOAA and the University of New Hampshire.
CICEET uses the capabilities of the University of New Hampshire
and the NERRS to develop and apply new environmental technologies
and techniques to aid in the monitoring, management, and protection
of estuaries and coastal waters. CICEET funds research that
is problem-driven and solution oriented, fosters collaboration
and interdisciplinary work, and emphasizes the effective transfer
of technology and information. |
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The
CDMO is
located at the University of South Carolina's Belle W. Baruch
Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research and the North
Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC NERR. The purpose of the CDMO is to support
and improve the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program through
all aspects of data and metadata management, maintaining on-line
data and information accessibility, and by providing technical
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CSC is located in Charleston,
South Carolina. It's mission is to foster and sustain the environmental
and economic well-being of the coast by linking people, information
and technology. Achieving this mission is accomplished by activities
in their four divisions: Coastal Information Services, Resources
Management Services, Coastal Technology Services and Coastal
Management Services. Specific efforts to support the NERRS program
include habitat characterization and training in technology,
coastal management and process skills. |
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