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- Zeke's Island North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Part of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve, Zeke's Island has interpreter led field trips which focus on the importance of estuaries to the North Carolina coast.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- How does decreasing salinity affect blackwater rivers?
- In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 2
- All rivers that reach the sea have ocean water at their seaward ends, and freshwater at their sources. A trip up a river takes you along a gradient of salt concentration from near 3.5 percent (the average salinity, or salt content, of seawater) to zero. There...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems - The Rachel Carson Component
- Located in one of North Carolina's fastest growing areas, the Rachel Carson site is a center of marine research and education. The reserve is a diverse and productive estuarine system for birds, mammals, and fish.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area
- The Fort Fisher program introduces students to the habitat and life history of "colonial-nesting coastal birds." The program also focuses on endangered, threatened and special-concern bird species.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Carolina Ocean Studies
- A visit to the beautiful barrier islands and ocean reefs of North Carolina will help students understand the importance of our coastal environment and the habitat of the creatures that live there.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Masonboro Island
- One of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Interpreter led field trips must be reserved two seasons ahead. This is a favorite field trip for many teachers.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
