All Projects

This survey helps to create a baseline for future research endeavors in the Grand Bay NERR/NWR vicinity associated with moths. Currently, a transect is walked three to four mornings a week beneath external building lights at the Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center.

Together, both stations help to measure the amount of mercury that is coming out of the atmosphere and getting into the water.

Development of a Decision-Support Tool to Assess the Risk of Habitat Degradation Following Watershed Land Use Changes.

This project has been designed to establish an unforgettable, meaningful connection between each fourth grade student in the Moss Point, Mississippi school district and several coastal habitats found within Mississippi’s coastal watersheds; and experimentally reinforce the science standards that the students will be tested on in the following year.

GIS Analysis of Nesting Habitat for the Endangered Mississippi Sandhill Crane: Potential Habitat Suitability and Management Implications for Restoration. Collaborators: US Fish & Wildlife

Following Watershed Land-Use Changes. Collaborators: Dauphin Island Sea Lab, National Coastal Data Development Center (NOAA)

SAV mapping and monitoring : tracking temporal and spatial changes in seagrass distribution and species composition at the GBNERR.

As a first step in understanding the importance of the Grand Bay NERR to these coastal birds, we began a study of the foraging ecology os shorebirds using an extensive sandy over-wash area of the Grand Battures.

We initiated surveys in November 2003 to determine the abundance, distribution, and habitat use of winter marsh birds.

We are studying the salt pannes to determine the ecological importance of these rare habitats.