Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Rookery Bay Reserve is at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida, "Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve" represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America. [ [http://nerrs.noaa.gov/RookeryBay/welcome.html National Estuarine Research Reserve System overview of Rookery Bay] , website accessed on 4 Nov 2006]

The Rookery Bay and Ten Thousand Islands ecosystem is a prime example of a nearly pristine subtropical mangrove forested estuary. Rookery Bay Reserve is located in the West Florida subregion of the West Indian Biogeographic Region.

ee also

*National Estuarine Research Reserve

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