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Rutgers' Cooperative Education and
Marine Research (CMER) Program
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Rutgers' CMER's Purpose
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| | The Rutgers/NOAA CMER program provides funding for Rutgers University faculty and students for marine research projects of mutual interest to the University and NOAA's Northeast Region National Marine Fisheries Service.
CMER research projects have addressed questions in basic biology, economics, analytical chemistry, fish and shellfish physiology, food safety, and remote sensing, among others. The common thread through all the projects is that they reflect a NOAA mission-related need for information in fisheries and environmental management. This need often outstrips the capabilities of the agency’s in-house staff. Turning to the nation’s universities seemed a logical answer. CMER offers the government a way of utilizing the full range of academic talent the universities have to offer. CMER brings agency and academic experts together in a research team focused on a problem of common interest. |
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The CMER Program At Rutgers
The Rutgers CMER program reaches out to faculty and students throughout the university. State-of-the-art expertise in molecular genetics, physical oceanography, remote sensing, modeling, and analytical chemistry techniques, among other fields, has been used to address questions regarding essential fish habitat, fish biology and life history, pollutant effects, and socioeconomics. Recently, bluefish and striped bass dynamics have been a major component of the program. Scientists at the James J. Howard Laboratory at Sandy Hook, NJ are important collaborators on many projects. |
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Training and Education for the Future
To meet the anticipated shortage of marine scientists in many key areas, CMER is dedicated to providing research opportunities and field experience for undergraduate and graduate students at Rutgers University. CMER projects have served as the basis of many thesis and dissertation projects required for the completion of graduate studies, resulting in 73 degrees during the first ten years of the program. In addition, CMER has also provided many opportunities for Rutgers undergraduates to gain experience in the field of marine resource management.
Exciting new areas of science and technology on the horizon will undoubtedly play an important role in marine resource management. Future fisheries scientists will use remote sensing data from satellites and remotely operated vehicles to survey fish and shellfish. As computer power continues to grow, so should the sophistication of analysis tools for fish stocks. These and other important research areas will be well served if academic researchers make contributions in partnership with governmental scientists.
If you are a Rutgers University faculty member, undergraduate or graduate student and are interested in finding out more about funding opportunities contact Rutgers CMER Program Director, Sybil Seitzinger.
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CMER Programs At Other Universities
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
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