Healthy Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

Help Protect Kelp Beds and Reefs from Invasive Seaweeds
Southern California has been experiencing the most extensive marine invasion ever seen in the area, along the coast and at the Channel Islands.

Physical drivers of nearshore hypoxia in an understudied central California location
The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem is listed as a “hotspot” for ecological risk due to upwelling-driven hypoxia, and it is also particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification because of

How does climate change affect the export of phytoplankton to the seafloor?
Episodic pulses of phytoplankton from the surface to the deep ocean are thought to be globally common but are poorly quantified due to a lack of observations.

Some ocean ecosystems are bouncing back from climate change stress. What makes them special?
Several factors may promote ecosystem recovery and allow the habitats to persist in the face of climate change.

Stop Ballast Water Invasions Brochure and Poster
The West Coast Ballast Outreach Project works collaboratively with partnering organizations throughout the West Coast and P

Can the U.S. have its fish and eat it too?
2016 was a banner year for marine conservation, including the addition of nearly 450,000 square miles to the U.S.

Restoration of the Endangered White Abalone, Haliotis sorenseni : Resource Assessment, Genetics, Disease, and Culture of Captive Abalone
Once a valuable fishery, white abalone in 2002 became the first marine invertebrate placed on the federal Endangered Species list.

Changing waters in Humboldt Bay: Extension Specialist Joe Tyburczy awarded funds to track ocean acidification
Research will provide critical information to aquaculture producers, eelgrass management

The knowledge of native peoples in coastal science
Native American tribes living on the coastal and Great Lakes shores continue to practice and preserve their sea-based cultural traditions.

Dam remediation spells victory for Russian River salmon
Salmon conservation achieved a major victory this October as construction finished on a fish passage and stream restoration project in Mill Creek, California.