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How California’s sea stars are evolving past a devastating pandemic
In 2012, environmental systems graduate student Lauren Schiebelhut was collecting DNA from ochre sea stars living ...
Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area
Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) lies deep within scenic, half moon-shaped Monterey Bay, where ...
Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Blue Cavern Onshore State Marine Conservation Area and Blue Cavern Offshore State Marine Conservation Area
Just twenty miles off the coast of Los Angeles, Santa Catalina Island is home to about 4,000 people and ...
MPA Collaborative Network Leadership Workshop and the Trident ROV
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**
This March Co-chair for the Golden Gate ...
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Del Norte
Expansion of MPA Watch to the North ...
Large-scale impacts of sea star wasting disease (SSWD) on intertidal sea stars and implications for recovery.
Miner, C.M., J.L. Burnaford, R.F. Ambrose, L. Antrim, H. Bohlmann, C.A. Blanchette, J.M. Engle, S.C. Fradkin, R. ...
Volunteer for Native Oyster Restoration in Richardson Bay!
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Come help the Smithsonian and the ...
Exploring California’s Marine Protected Areas: Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve
The northward path across the Golden Gate Bridge leads away from the bustle of the Bay Area, past the headlands ...