In 2012, environmental systems graduate student Lauren Schiebelhut was collecting DNA from ochre sea stars living along the Northern California coast—part of an effort to study genetic diversity in various marine species that serve as indicators of habitat health. She had no idea that just one year later, most of the sea stars would be […]
Tag Archives: research and monitoring
Large-scale impacts of sea star wasting disease (SSWD) on intertidal sea stars and implications for recovery.
March 20th, 2018
Miner, C.M., J.L. Burnaford, R.F. Ambrose, L. Antrim, H. Bohlmann, C.A. Blanchette, J.M. Engle, S.C. Fradkin, R. Gaddam, C.D.G. Harley, B.G. Miner, S.N. Murray, J.R. Smith, S.G. Whitaker, P.T. Raimondi. 2018. PLOS ONE 13(3): e0192870
A hunt for the invasive dark unicorn snail shows UCI students how climate change is altering Crystal Cove tide pools
February 23rd, 2018
Much of climate change research is focused on the big problems. Models forecast how quickly polar ice caps are melting in the Arctic and whether rising sea levels might drown entire islands in the South Pacific.
Signs of success for marine-protected areas off PV, Catalina
September 6th, 2017
Just off the Palos Verdes Peninsula between Rocky Point and Point Fermin, clusters of thriving red-brown giant kelp darken otherwise clear blue coastal waters that have been at the center of a battle between conservationists and fishers for years.
NOW AVAILABLE: South Coast Monitoring Survey Results!
October 28th, 2016
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Visit the newly updated California Coastal Monitoring Dashboard to explore the results of the South Coast Monitoring Survey! Information from more than 35 projects – including over 3,309 monitoring sites! – is now publicly available through the dashboard’s interactive tables, maps, and figures. We are thrilled […]