Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve

The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve contains a critically important Southern California estuary, which supports many sensitive plant and animal species. Research at Carpinteria includes: NSF-funded, long-term investigation of watersheds and nearshore marine environments; new EPA-funded wetland toxicity center, Impacts to estuary from runoff/effluents; nutrient dynamics in estaurine ecosystem; long-term vegetation sampling in relationship to soil texture, salinity, tidal inundation, and competition or facilitation among species, Impacts to estuary from runoff/effluents; nutrient dynamics in estaurine ecosystem; long-term vegetation sampling in relationship to soil texture, salinity, tidal inundation, and competition or facilitation among species, and Impacts to estuary from runoff/effluents; nutrient dynamics in estaurine ecosystem; long-term vegetation sampling in relationship to soil texture, salinity, tidal inundation, and competition or facilitation among species.