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.
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.
Our goal is to identify and track short-term variability and long-term changes in the integrity and biodiversity of estuarine ecosystems and coastal watersheds.
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
6005 Bayou Heron Road
Moss Point, MS 39562
228.475.7047
This project is funded by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources in part through a grant provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Grand Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve
6005 Bayou Heron Road
Moss Point, MS 39562
228-475-7047
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