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'''Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve''' is a component site of the [[North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve]] on the [[Currituck Banks]], north of [[Corolla, North Carolina]]
'''Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve''' is a component site of the [[North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve]] on the [[Currituck Banks]], north of [[Corolla, North Carolina]]. The reserve is an example of a low-salinity [[estuarine]] ecosystem, and contains a variety of habitats, including [[beach]], [[sand dunes]], [[grasslands]], shrub thicket, [[maritime forest]], brackish and freshwater [[marshes]], [[tidal flats]], and subtidal soft bottoms. The reserve is accessible by land and by water, but there is no boat launch.

The reserve is home to a wealth of birds and fish, including commercial and game fish species. The reserve allows [[hunting]] (with a registration form required),<ref>[http://www.nccoastalreserve.net/About-The-Reserve/Reserve-Sites/Currituck-Banks/57.aspx North Carolina Coastal Reserve: Currituck Banks NC Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve, Retrieved Jan. 24, 2010.]</ref> and is also listed as an [[eBird]] hotspot.<ref>[http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?step=saveChoices&getLocations=hotspots&parentState=US-NC&bMonth=01&bYear=1900&eMonth=12&eYear=2010&reportType=location&hotspots=L674445&continue.x=60&continue.y=17&continue=Continue eBird. 2010. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance (web application). Version 2. eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: Jan. 24, 2010).]</ref>

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Revision as of 19:51, 24 January 2010

36°23′30″N 75°50′04″W / 36.391756°N 75.834374°W / 36.391756; -75.834374

Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve is a component site of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve on the Currituck Banks, north of Corolla, North Carolina. The reserve is an example of a low-salinity estuarine ecosystem, and contains a variety of habitats, including beach, sand dunes, grasslands, shrub thicket, maritime forest, brackish and freshwater marshes, tidal flats, and subtidal soft bottoms. The reserve is accessible by land and by water, but there is no boat launch.

The reserve is home to a wealth of birds and fish, including commercial and game fish species. The reserve allows hunting (with a registration form required),[1] and is also listed as an eBird hotspot.[2]

References

  1. ^ North Carolina Coastal Reserve: Currituck Banks NC Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve, Retrieved Jan. 24, 2010.
  2. ^ eBird. 2010. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance (web application). Version 2. eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: Jan. 24, 2010).
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