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Microplastic and Microparticle Data from Surface Water: San Francisco Bay and...
The San Francisco Estuary Institute and 5 Gyres completed a comprehensive regional study of microplastic pollution of a major urban estuary and adjacent ocean environment,... -
Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia (West Coast) and Biological (California) Monitor...
Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) and ecosystem monitoring project locations compiled by Ocean Protection Council staff. -
channel-islands-marine-protected-areas-first-5-years-of-monitoring-2003-2008_...
Results from the first 5 years of baseline monitoring of marine protected areas 2003-2008. Learn about the biological, ecological and socioeconomic conditions around the time of... -
MPA Monitoring Site Selection Proceedings 20180510
Proceedings of the January 12, 2018 workshop to inform the development of MPA site selection for statewide long-term MPA monitoring Action Plan. -
Marine Protected Area Monitoring Action Plan 2018
California’s MPAs are adaptively managed as a network through the MPA Management Program which consists of four focal areas: 1) outreach and education, 2) enforcement and... -
Marine Protected Area Statewide Leadership Team Work Plan
The Leadership Team has identified the following focal areas as key to successful management of MPAs which make up the MPA Management Program: Outreach and Education, Research... -
Estuarine & Wetland Ecosystems Monitoring
A report prepared for the California Ocean Science Trust on the first steps in developing an approach to leveraging existing monitoring programs -
Methodological comparison of multiple MPA rocky ecosystem monitoring techniques
California recently completed the implementation of a large network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the state via legislation called the Marine Life Protection Act... -
South Coast State of the Region Report, Snapshots and Supplemental Reports Al...
State of the South Coast Region-Results from Baseline Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas 2011-2015. Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic... -
North Central Coast State of the Region Report, Supplemental Reports All Habi...
State of the North Central Coast Region-Results from Baseline Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas 2010-2015. Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and... -
Central Coast State of the Region Report All Habitats 2007-2012
State of the Central Coast Region-Results from Baseline Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas 2007-2012. Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic... -
Characterization of Human Uses and the Socioeconomic Dimensions, California N...
The primary goal of this project was to inform long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring efforts by gathering up-to-date socioeconomic information to illustrate... -
Oceanographic Context for Characterization and Future Evaluation, California ...
Marine ecosystems along the North Coast of California exist in a highly energetic and variable oceanographic environment that strongly influences the dynamics and structure of... -
Citizen Scientist Monitoring of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California Sout...
Reef Check California has surveyed rocky reefs and kelp forests in southern California since 2006 and has up to nine years of data from the MLPA South Coast Study Region (SCSR).... -
Citizen Scientist Monitoring of Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests, California Nort...
RCCA volunteer citizen scientists conducted 18 visual scuba transects at each monitoring site to survey densities and sizes of ecologically and economically important fish,... -
Nearshore Substrate Mapping Change Analysis using Multispectral Imagery, Cali...
Three remote sensing datasets were utilized to create the final substrate map products: 1) 4-banded imagery collected in June, October and November of 2012 by Keystone Aerial... -
Use of Estuarine, Intertidal, and Subtidal Habitats by Seabirds, California S...
Seabirds are long-lived, upper trophic level predators that are integral components of marine ecosystems. During the breeding season, seabirds are central place foragers and... -
Characterization of Nearshore Fish Communities Associated with Rocky Reef Hab...
To characterize the fish communities associated with nearshore rocky reef habitat, we collaborated with commercial passenger fishing vessel (CPFV) captains and volunteer anglers... -
North Coast State of the Region, Snapshots and Supplemental Reports All Habit...
Learn about the biological, ecological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation on the North Coast. The North... -
California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program
From 2007-2016, CA Collaborative Fisheries Research Program (CCFRP) scientists and fishermen have conducted hook-and-line surveys within three Central Coast State Marine...