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Contact US			NOAA-ECSC National Estuarine Research Reserve Contacts
Florida A&M University FSH Science Research Center Room 307 1515 South Martin Luther King Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32307 Phone: (850) 412-7797 Email: Michelle.Williams@famu.edu			The ECSC has partnered with four National Estuarine Research Reserves. NOAA Established the NERR System to provide an avenue for long-term research education, and stewardship. The ECSC has conducted remote sensing and ground truthing sessions at three of its partnering NERRs and is will be conducting a remote sensing session with our newest partner NERR, Mission-Aransas NERR.
ECSC Partner Universites
Florida A&M University- Lead Institution Creighton University Delaware State University Jackson State University Morgan State University Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi University of Miami University of Nebraska- Lincoln
ECSC NERR Partners
Apalachicola NERR Delaware NERR Grand Bay NERR Mission-Aransas NERR


			Apalachicola Bay NERR
			The Apalachicola Reserce is located in Franklin County, on the panhandle of Florida. Research projects that target commerical fisheries management and the food chain are a high priority in this Reserve. Lee Edmiston, Research Coordinator email: lee.edmiston@dep.state.fl.us
			Grand Bay NERR
			The Grand Bay Reserve is located in Jackson County in MIssissippi. The goal of the Grand Bay NERR Research program is to conduct and facilitate studies which contribute to a better understanding of the ecology of the area and ultimately lead to solutions of problems associated with coastal management. Mark Woodrey, PhD, Research Coordinator email: msw103@ra.msstate.edu
			Delaware NERR
			The Delaware Reserve is composted o the St. Jones and Blackbird Creek components. The Reserve's research and monitoring programs addresses key management issues, such as biodiversity and the impacts of land use on estuarine habitats, ecological impacts on horseshoe crabs populations from migratory shorebirds, beach replenishment activities in relation to habitat preservation/ reclamation, and eutrophication and contaminants in the estuary. Robert Scarborough, PhD , Research Coordinator email: Bob.Scarborough@state.de.us
			Mission-Aransas NERR
			The Mission-Aransas Reserve is located in the Aransas Bay complex near Corpus Christi, Texas. The research unit of the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute emphasizes both basic and applied research aimed at understanding the biological, chemical and physical processes governing the coastal zone ecosystem. Ed Buskey, PhD, Research Coordinator email: buskey@utmsi.utexas.edu