Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

A State-Federal Partnership Program

>> An Ecological Profile of the NBNERR

"An Ecological Profile of the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve." Download individual chapters of the Reserve's site profile as PDF documents below. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader click on the icon below:


To request a printed copy of the site profile please contact: Kenneth Raposa, PhD., kenny@nbnerr.org or 401-683-7849

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Cover (5.39 MB)
Preface (530 KB)
Table of Contents (228 KB)
Chapter 1 - The Ntl Estuarine Research Reserve System (480 KB)
Chapter 2 - The Narragansett Bay NERR (661 KB)
Chapter 3 - Human and Land-Use History of the NBNERR (591 KB)
Chapter 4 - Ecological Geography of the NBNERR (2.05 MB)
Chapter 5 - NBNERR Flora and Vegetation Communities (1.27 MB)
Chapter 6 - Terrestrial Fauna (2.04 MB)
Chapter 7 - Ecological Geography of Narragansett Bay (1.61MB)
Chapter 8 - Estuarine Habitats of Narragansett Bay (1.79 MB)
Chapter 9 - Plankton and Benthos (1.34 MB)
Chapter 10 - Nekton (2.23 MB)
Chapter 11 - Aquatic Birds, Marine Mammals&Sea Turtles (768 KB)
Chapter 12 - Human Impacts on Narragansett Bay (1.07 MB)
Chapter 13 - Research and Monitoring at the NBNERR (1.75 MB)