**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Students from Branson Schooluse a quadrat to estimate abundancesof rocky intertidal organismsAs the newest member to the LiMPETS San Francisco Bay Area team, I’ve had an amazing time taking students out to explore the California coast. LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students) introduces […]
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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
December 14th, 2014
Smith, J.R. 2016. Marine Ecology. 37:645-667.
Ocean Sanctuaries Launches National Geographic’s Latest Citizen Science Tool
September 25th, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> July 12: San Diego’s Ocean Sanctuaries has teamed up with National Geographic and is using their interactive, customizable data gathering tool for citizen scientists, called ‘Fieldscope,’ to monitor shark encounters in the San Diego area. For more see: http://californiadiver.com/ocean-sanctuaries-rolls-out-national-geographics-latest-citizen-science-tool/
Perspectives from the OPC-SAT — Part I: Gone with the Wind? What climate-driven changes in wind intensity mean for California’s Ocean Health
September 2nd, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Perspectives from the OPC-SAT blog series is dedicated to giving a voice to Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) members to share their reflections on bridging the science policy boundary. The OPC-SAT is composed of 25 interdiscplinary scientists. The difference in atmospheric pressure between the […]
Factors influencing human visitation of southern California rocky intertidal ecosystems
March 9th, 2013
Ocean and Coastal Management. Garcia, A. and J.R. Smith. 2013. 73: 44-53.