Research
The San Francisco Bay NERR serves as a living laboratory for on-site staff, visiting scientists and graduate students. Since the inception of the nationwide NERR system, a main goal of the program has been to ensure a stable environment for research through long-term protection of reserve system resources. The reserves serve as platforms for long-term research and monitoring, as well as reference sites for comparative studies.
In addition to participating in the System-wide Monitoring Program and the Graduate Research Fellowship program, our reserve hosts a variety of research projects. The diverse topics include seagrass restoration, habitat mapping and change, channel geomorphology, and the impacts of invasive species.
The reserves also have a partnership with the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Environmental Technology. Many academic researchers conducting research in the reserve system are supported by CICEET. Current CICEET sponsored projects range from restoring eelgrass habitat to developing technologies to monitor nutrients. In addition, researchers from universities and other institutions are engaged in research projects within the reserve system on topics such as nutrient loading and invasive species restoration.
Permits are needed to conduct research in the Reserve. Download a permit for research in China Camp (MS Excel file). Send completed permits to Drew Talley at dtalley @ sfsu.edu.