Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve

Oct 22, 2015 | Outreach and Education, Santa Barbara Channel, South Coast

Off the coast of the densely populated Los Angeles metropolitan area resides one of California’s great wildlife treasures: the Northern Channel Islands.  Often considered the “Galapagos of North America” this small archipelago hosts one of the most diverse ecosystems...

Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: South La Jolla State Marine Reserve

Aug 21, 2015 | Outreach and Education, San Diego, South Coast

A biological hotspot resides off California’s southern coast at La Jolla, characterized by dense kelp forests, surfgrass beds, hard- and soft-bottom deep water habitats, and both sandy beaches and rocky shores. To protect this ecologically diverse area, the California...

The putative impacts of the non‐native seaweed Sargassum muticum on native communities in tidepools of Southern California and investigation into the feasibility of local eradication

Dec 14, 2014 | Orange County, Research and Monitoring

Smith, J.R. 2016. Marine Ecology. 37:645-667.

The non-native turf-forming alga Caulacanthus ustulatus displaces space-occupants but increases diversity

Feb 13, 2014 | Orange County, Research and Monitoring

Smith, J.R., Vogt, S., Creedon, F., Lucas, B.J., and Eernisse, D.J. 2014. Biological Invasions. 16:2195-2208.

Factors influencing human visitation of southern California rocky intertidal ecosystems

Mar 9, 2013 | Orange County, Research and Monitoring

Ocean and Coastal Management.  Garcia, A. and J.R. Smith. 2013. 73: 44-53.