Stations--Marine Stations--Da Ya Bay Situated at the west side of the Daya Bay (22°31′ 17″ N, 114° 31′12″ E), the Marine Ecosystem Research Station at Daya Bay (MBRS) was, affiliated to the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and founded in 1984. MBRS has become an open field station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1990. It has been serving as a data source for Chinese Biodiversity Research & Information Management since 1991, and recognized as one of the leading stations of the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), CAS.

The basic task of the station is to conduct long-term ecological and environmental monitoring of Daya Bay . It also aims to study the sustainable management of the ecosystem. The station covers a terrestrial area of 38,000 square meters, a water area of 60,000 square meters, and a total construction area of 4,670 square meters.

The main facilities in the station comprise: the Ecology Building, Ichthyology Building, Malacology Building, tens of indoor and outdoor aquariums, Experts Building, Guest House, Residential Building, Dining Hall, and the automatic-recording Weather Station.

MBRS has been monitoring the dynamics of the Daya Bay ecosystem and the biodiversity. It has undertaken many key projects from various sources, such as the State Basic Research Program 973, the State High-Tech Plan 863, National Science Foundation, CAS and Guangdong Province etc.It has also been studying the structures and functions of the marine ecosystem, the impacts of human activities, the experimental biology of the important marine species. It was, therefore, awarded many research prizes from CAS and Guangdong Province. MBRS has presently become a key field station and research base marine sciences. The station is well equipped with modern analyzing instrument and computer systems, which are financially supported by the World Bank loan. It is currently staffed with 18 full-time faculty members, including 6 research professors and 6 associate professors.