Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve

The Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve protects a valuable remnant of coastal salt marsh habitats once common throughout Southern California estuaries. Despite major alterations to the surrounding land and water, this small, heart-shaped wetland at the northern edge of Mission Bay remains remarkably productive, providing rich intertidal habitats. Research at Kendall-Frost includes: The leptostraca of coastal California: A survey based on morphological and molecular evidence, The effect of different reproductive strategies on the genetic variation of eastern Pacific eelgrass taxa, and Final hosts (birds and mammals) as determinants of community structure of castrating trematodes in California horn snails.