This resource contains the recording for the student symposium titled "Ecosystem Dynamics & Trends Across Seven National Estuarine Research Reserves," a series of presentations given as part of the 2023 catalyst project "Synthesizing long-term SWMP datasets to quantify estuarine ecosystem dynamics and identify trends along an ecological gradient."
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Keywords: data analysis, education (graduate)
Reserves: Chesapeake Bay, MD, Great Bay, NH, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Padilla Bay, WA, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR
Project Lead Julie Binz (ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve) gives an introduction to "Advancing Science Literacy with a System-wide Monitoring Data Exhibit," a science transfer project funded in 2021 by the NERRS Science Collaborative. The presentation was given at a virtual project workshop in January 2022.
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Keywords: SWMP, water quality, communication, education
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Narragansett Bay, RI, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Weeks Bay, AL
GUIDE CASE STUDY: A team from the South Slough reserve modified their collaborative approach as a result of end user preferences in their project, Bringing the “Oly” Oyster Back to Oregon’s Coast.
Through a 2020 catalyst project, university, reserve, and restoration practitioners partnered to understand social perceptions of saltmarsh restoration in Oregon to identify ways to better incorporate socially relevant information i
Project Lead Kaitlyn Dietz (Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR) gives a 5-minute introduction to "Storm Stories: Communicating Hurricane Impacts using Monitoring Data and Visualizations." The presentation was given during a project team workshop in July 2021.
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Keywords: SWMP, communication, hurricane
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Delaware, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, Jobos Bay, PR, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
This instructional and informational webinar features background information on the 2020 science transfer Storm Stories project, how end-user feedback was incorporated, the tools and products that have been developed through the project, and how reserves can access resources.
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Keywords: SWMP, communication, hurricane
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Delaware, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, Jobos Bay, PR, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
eDNA (environmental DNA) refers to the genetic material found in an environmental sample (water or sediment). eDNA comes from feces, gametes, scales, and cells that an organism sheds, and is easily collected from water and sediment samples.
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Keywords: eDNA, environmental DNA, monitoring, invasive species
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, South Slough, OR, Wells, ME
This exhibit panel, developed for the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology ’s Charleston Marine Life Center, gives an overview of shoreline and bathymetric change in the Coos Estuary over the past 150 years.
A science transfer project developed a series of resources to help others use video games in their visitor centers, including custom game images, user guides and execuble files.
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Keywords: education, climate change, water quality