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The Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce is a research center that specializes in Floridian marine ecosystems and lifeforms. The research is focused mostly on the Indian River Lagoon and also on the offshore waters of Florida's central and east coast. The first director of the station was Mary Rice, who was also instrumental in its founding. It also provides administrative and logistical management of the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, that is based at the . Both stations are important to the .