The Marine Field Station is a facility of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Stockton University.
Stockton University's Marine Field Station is used as a teaching and research destination for numerous academic programs of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, including foremost the marine science program, as well as biology, environmental studies, geology, and the professional science masters program.
The eight-acre Marine Field Station site provides diverse laboratory space as well as dockage for the research vessel fleet. Access to New Jersey's coastal bays and near-shore ocean waters is excellent, and most of the teaching activities are conducted within either the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve or the Barnegat Bay National Estuary areas. In 2009 the College renovated the entire site, adding laboratory space to the "Log Cabin", providing a new space for the Coastal Research Center and updating all other buildings.
Several buildings on site provide space for the support of field and laboratory courses and student and faculty research. The site is also home to long-term data collecting programs, including 24/7 water quality and meteorological data.
Stockton’s research vessel (R/V) fleet currently includes six workboats ranging in size from 16-36'. Each vessel provides a platform geared toward specific teaching and research activities. Faculty and staff utilize these vessels as platforms from which to conduct their marine research and teaching activities. All vessels are maintained to standards set forth by the USCG and are designated as Oceanographic Research Vessels.
Instrumentation resources range from simple seine nets up to advance underwater survey equipment, and everything in between. The physical resources available to the faculty for teaching and research are extensive. Highlights of equipment acquisitions over the past 5 years include advanced water monitoring units (YSI's), Side Scan Sonar, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Magnetometer, Mobile Laser Scanning System and a Multibeam Sonar. All instrumentation is used in teaching and research activities that involve undergraduate students.
