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Visiting Researchers Resources

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• Island Logistics

• Required research registration and insurance certificate
  • In order to conduct any research or monitoring within the NBNERR, researchers are required to complete a simple Research Registration form (link; the doc is on the S drive folder) and to acquire proof of insurance from their agency or organization. For more information contact Dr. Kenny Raposa, Research Coordinator.  kenny@nbnerr.org
• Research priorities
  • Research priorities for NBNERR were developed with input from Reserve research staff and a workgroup comprised of key estuarine scientists in RI. As outlined in the latest NBNERR Management Plan (2010-2015) (link to the management plan here), these priorities are:

1. Species interactions and relationships to physical, chemical, economic and social processes.
   1. Changes in species and guild composition, including invasives, and interactions among species and the physical and chemical environment.
   2. Habitat conservation, restoration, and biota use.
   3. Data synthesis, hindcasting and forecasting.
2. Monitoring, modeling and prediction of coastal habitat and ecosystem processes.
   1. Quantitatively examine and model the primary factors that affect fisheries, productivity and water quality.
   2. Coupling of Reserve ecosystem dynamics to estuarine and regional dynamics including responses to the effects of climate change.

• Funding Opportunities
  • Currently, the primary source of researcher funding to work in or with the NERRS is via the NERR Science Collaborative (http://graham.umich.edu/water/nerrs). This program is currently administered by the University of Michigan Water Center. For an overview of the Science Collaborative and the types of projects they support, please click here for a brief factsheet: http://graham.umich.edu/media/files/NERRS-Program-Overview.pdf

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