Discovery Lecture Series presented by AltaSea and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Friday, February 3, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Return of the Kelp Forest King
By Dr. Larry G. Allen, California State University, Northridge
Larry is currently Chair and Professor of Biology at California State University Northridge. He has co-authored and edited many publications on the biogeography and ecology of marine fishes of the Pacific coast of North America including the books, “The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters” and “A Field Guide to the Coastal Fishes from Alaska to California.” Dr. Allen will discuss the information that he and his graduate students have compiled on the demise and recent return of the apex predator of California’s southern kelp forests, the Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas.
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