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Outreach
by, and outcomes of, the Stony Brook - Southampton Coastal and
Estuarine Research Program (SCERP)
Since a major objective of SCERP is to conduct research which
will improve the health of, and services provided by, coastal
ecosystems, SCERP has formed a series of partnerships with government
and non-government organizations. These have included the Peconic
Estuary Program, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation,
The Nature Conservancy, Suffolk County, the Town of Southampton,
the Village of Southampton, the Town of Brookhaven, the Peconic
Bay Keeper, Atlantis Marine World, Save the Forge, Lake Agawam
Conservation Association, Mill Pond Conservation Association,
Little Fresh Pond Citizen's Group, Plum TV, and more. These partnerships
have lead to both major and minor policy changes from placement
of estuaries on New York State's impaired water bodies list, to
closure of lakes contaminated with cyanotoxins, to the development
of management strategies to improve coastal water quality. Finally,
research conducted by SCERP has been published in many of the
world's top, international, peer-reviewed journals such as Marine
Ecology Progress Series and Harmful Algae.
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