Category Archives: Biology & Ecosystems

Along the West Coast, the California Current plays a key role in the ocean’s productivity. Beginning off southern British Columbia, the Current is part of the North Pacific Gyre and flows south past Washington, Oregon, California and ends off southern Baja. The cool waters of the Current moving south, combined with extensive upwelling that brings […]

The State Coastal Conservancy’s Living Shorelines Project in San Francisco Bay, which includes planting and then monitoring restored seagrass areas, has recently begun. Eelgrass planting has commenced and we will soon streamline access to the biological data. The associated carbonate chemistry monitoring is projected to start in the Spring of 2020.

California’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs) serves to protect and manage the diversity and abundance of marine life, the habitats species depend on and the integrity of the ecosystems themselves. One challenge to safeguarding these resources is understanding how they are changing over time and space. While CeNCOOS and SCCOOS have multiple accessible datasets […]