The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (or OIMB) is the marine station of the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

. It is located in Charleston, Oregon

Charleston, Oregon

Charleston is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the ocean entrance to Coos Bay. According to the local chamber of commerce, it is the area's "commercial and sport fishing center", and the community also provides services for the seafood processing...

 at the mouth of Coos Bay

Coos Bay

Coos Bay is an S-shaped inlet where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, approximately 10 miles long and two miles wide, on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States. The estuary is situated south of the Salmon River. The city of Coos Bay, once named Marshfield, was...

. This 100 acre (0.404686 km²) marine station was first deeded to the University of Oregon in 1931. However, university students had been studying marine science in the summer from tents at nearby Sunset Bay since 1924. Currently OIMB is home to several permanent faculty members and a number of graduate students. In addition to graduate research, undergraduate classes are offered in the spring, summer, and fall, including marine birds and mammal

Mammal

Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...

s, estuarine biology, marine ecology, invertebrate zoology

Invertebrate zoology

Invertebrate zoology is the biological discipline that consists of the study of invertebrate animals, i.e. animals without a backbone...

, and embryology

Embryology

Embryology is a science which is about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage...

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External links

• Oregon Institute of Marine Biology