Healthy Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
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California Sea Grant Extension
This publication highlights impacts from the California Sea Grant Extension Program. The program specializes in applied research designed to supply information to meet specific state information an -
Harnessing the power of population genomics to understand the dynamics of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. harmful algal blooms
The diatom Pseudo-nitzschia produces a neurotoxin, domoic acid, which can cause serious illness or death in humans and marine animals, and closure of commercial fisheries during harmful al -
Fog and fish: Stream temperature reduction due to coastal fog in central California’s anadromous salmonid habitat
Salmon and trout species are important to California’s ecology, culture, and economy. But climate change threatens these vital species, some of which are already endangered or threatened. -
Impact of the San Francisco Bay Plume in the California north central coast
San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary on the US West Coast, situated in a highly urbanized region impacted by industrial, commercial, and agricultural wastes. -
Assessing the health and productivity of Southern California estuaries using high-throughput sequencing of benthic meiofauna
Tiny organisms that live between grains of sand in the marine environment, known as meiofaunal species, play key roles in the ecosystem. -
California Sea Grant announces new faculty awards
California Sea Grant has selected four research projects in the 2019 Special Focus Award research competition. -
With otters away, what keeps urchins at bay?
California sheephead and spiny lobsters may be helping to control sea urchin populations in Southern California kelp forests, where sea otters — a top urchin predator — have long been missing, acco -
Steelhead tagging on the Russian River
Anglers on the Russian River are asked to report tagged steelhead. -
Starting a saltwater aquarium? First, dive into this new website
A new website for aspiring aquarium hobbyists -
Wetland restoration shows promise for climate mitigation
Restoring degraded wetlands could help California meet its climate goals—but it can take up to 100 years to make the switch from carbon source to carbon sink.
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