Historic Beaufort and Carrot Island
The
Duke Marine Lab is located in historic Beaufort, one of North Carolina's
principal fishing and recreational areas. The Marine Laboratory is a
year-round coastal teaching and research campus located on the central
coast of North Carolina where full-time resident faculty instruct students
in two full academic semesters and two summer terms. The area's natural
environment provides the most diverse study site on the East Coast -
one rich in temperate and tropical flora and fauna. Habitats include
rivers, creeks, coastal forests, sand beaches, cypress swamps, salt
marshes, peat bogs and mud flats. Warm Gulf Stream waters, some 40 miles
offshore, flow across the wide continental shelf. The lab's proximity
to these diverse natural environments offers a variety of independent
research opportunities. A high level of public interest in this coastal
area creates pressing environmental issues.

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