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Welcome to
the
Rutgers University Marine Field Station
The Rutgers
University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) is a field facility of the
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS). It
is a working lab with graduate and postdoctoral level research ongoing
year-round. RUMFS is uniquely situated across from the Little Egg Inlet
in the Mullica River-Great Bay estuary, one of the most pristine
estuaries on the east coast.
For
additional information about our facilities and current research please
choose from the links to the left.
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Station in the Winter
Down the
Shore
You
won't find birdwatchers sauntering
by at this time of year, but there are plenty of Rutgers students and
faculty, as well as visiting scientists, busily conducting research at
the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS). Located near
Little Egg Inlet in Tuckerton, RUMFS, directed by Kenneth W. Able is a
field facility of the university's Institute of Marine and Coastal
Sciences in New Brunswick. Part of its mission is to conduct research
into the ecology and history of the fish that dwell in the Mullica
River-Great Bay estuary in order to develop protocols for monitoring
young fish and larvae and to manage fish resources in the Middle
Atlantic Bight. The US Coast Guard originally built the RUMFS complex
in 1937 to serve as a lifeboat station. RUMFS was established in 1972
and renovated in 1995 to provide for dry and wet laboratories, a marine
railway, dive lockers, offices, and a small fleet of vessels to
complement underwater vehicles and submeribles used to determine the
relationship between fish and their habitat. Visit the field station
during Alumni College weekend.
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