Ronald S. Burton, a professor of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and a currently funded California Sea Grant researcher, has been elected a 2013 Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest general science organization. He joins 388 new AAAS Fellows and is one … Continue reading
Kelly Keen, a 2013 California Sea Grant State Fellow, has accepted a job as an environmental scientist at the California State Lands Commission. “After collecting and analyzing field data for a number of years, I was interested in how science was being used to shape policy and management decisions to protect marine and coastal ecosystems,” … Continue reading
Birds are taking a bite out of young salmon populations in Central California, and researchers suspect that our trash is the likely root of the avian-predation problem. A new study by California Sea Grant-funded researchers shows that a young steelhead has about a 30-percent chance of being eaten by Western gulls during its transit to sea through creek … Continue reading
Patterns of harmful algal bloom formation are changing off California. Harmful algal blooms (population explosions of toxin-producing algae) are no longer just coastal phenomena. In the last decade, “HABs” appear to have become more frequent, widespread and persistent in offshore waters, particularly in the Santa Barbara Channel. To learn more about the distributions of these … Continue reading
Surfers know that they should stay out of the water for at least 72 hours after it rains to avoid getting sick. This is especially true after a “first flush” storm, the first heavy rain of the season, when an accumulation of grit, grime and pathogens built up during the dry season are carried in … Continue reading
To the delight of animal lovers and cetacean researchers, harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins have found new habitats in San Francisco Bay and are now regularly seen foraging for fish and body-surfing in boat wakes under the Golden Gate Bridge. Harbor porpoises, among the smallest of the world’s six porpoise species, first re-appeared in 2008, after … Continue reading
