April 9, 2021: Just say no to drugs: The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria into our coastal wetlands
Dr. David Cummings, Point Loma Nazarene University
Human activities in coastal watersheds can negatively impact nearshore habitats such as beaches and estuaries. Human and animal fecal sources contribute bacteria and viruses to storm water, leading to beach closures due to the unsafe conditions. We have discovered that many of the transient bacteria that are brought to coastal estuaries from urban watersheds are multi-drug-resistant, increasing public health concerns about human contact with these waters...
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June 4, 2021: Searching
for “Lost Sharks”
Dr. David A. Ebert, Pacific
Shark Research Center / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
The public’s perception of sharks often conjures up images of a
large, fearsome, toothy predator, with its large dorsal fin cutting its way
through the waters’ surface. However, the reality is that sharks and their
relatives the rays (flatsharks) and chimaeras (ghostsharks) come in a variety
of sizes, shapes, and colors, and can be informative of the health of the
marine environment....
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Lecture Archives 2014 - 2021
February 5, 2021: Dr. Andrew Leising, NOAA Southwest Fisheries
Marine Heatwaves of the North East Pacific: Will “Blobs” be the new normal?
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December 4, 2020:Dr. Jayson Smith, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems in Urbanized Southern California: Long-term Change, Human impacts, and Management
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November 6, 2020: Dr. Nicole Bonuso, CSU Fullerton
Bringing Dark Data in the Light, One Shell at a Time
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October 2, 2020: Dr. Nina Bednarsek, SCCWRP
The Risks of Climate Change on the Most Vulnerable Species and Ecosystems
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February 7, 2020: Dean Pentcheff and Dr. Regina Wetzer, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biodiversity in Our Ocean — A Natural History Museum Vision
December 6, 2019: Dr. Brian Livingston, California State University, Long Beach
Sea Star Wasting: Does environmental stress lead to an autoimmune response?
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October 4, 2019: Dr. Chuck Kopczak, California Science Center
Sex
and Kelp and Science Ed – Confessions of a Kelp Addict
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August 2, 2019: Dr. Jason Keller, Chapman University
Exploring "Blue Carbon" in California Salt Marshes
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June 7, 2019: Dr. Barbara Taylor, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
An urgent message from Mexico’s vaquita porpoise: protect me, protect life (yours included)
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April 5, 2019: Shelly Moore, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
There is a great future in plastics: So what’s the big (and little) deal?
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February 1, 2019: Dr. John Dorsey, Loyola Marymount University
Teaming with Nature in Managing Urban Runoff: More Bang for the Buck!
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December 7, 2018: Dr. Ian Fenty, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Warming oceans, melting ice, and rising seas
February 2, 2018: Dr. Kevin Lafferty, US Geological Survey and UC Santa Barbara
Parasites and food webs
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December 1, 2017: Dr. John O. Dabiri, Stanford
Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?
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October 6, 2017: Dr. Bengt J. Allen, California State University, Long Beach
Ecological Consequences of Thermal Stress on Wave-Swept Shores: Insights from a Model Ecosystem
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August 4, 2017: Dr. Branwen Williams, Claremont McKenna College
Arctic climate, as documented by algal rocks
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June 2, 2017: Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Advances in beach water quality monitoring
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April 7, 2017: Dr. Kristy L. Forsgren, California State University, Fullerton
Ovaries, Testes, and Copulatory Structures – Oh My! The Importance of Understanding Reproduction of Fishes
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February 3, 2017: Dr. Larry G. Allen, California State University, Northridge
The Return of the Kelp Forest King
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December 2, 2016: Dr. Dan Pondella, Occidental College and Southern California Marine Institute (SCMI)
Beyond Big Fish, Restoring the Southern California Rocky Reef Ecosystem
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October 7, 2016: Dr. Patrick J. Krug, California State University Los Angeles
Hugs and drugs from sea slugs
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August 5, 2016: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research
The amazing underwater world of blue and humpback whales: new tags provide insights into their lives and the threats they face
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June 3, 2016: Dr. Jeff Armstrong, Environmental Supervisor, Orange County Sanitation District-Ocean Monitoring Program
Sewers to Sanddabs: Profiling Orange County Sanitation District’s Ocean Monitoring Program
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April 1, 2016: Dr. Ann Bull, Chief of Environmental Sciences Section Pacific Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Outlook on the Outer Continental Shelf for Offshore Energy
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February 5, 2016: Mike Schaadt, Director of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
The Vast Frontier: Tales From the Darkside
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December 4, 2015: Dr. Steve Gaines, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara
The Future of Food from the Sea
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October 2, 2015: Dr. Danielle Zacherl, California State University, Fullerton
If We Make Their Bed, They Will Lie In It: Restoration of Native Olympia Oysters in Southern California
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August 7, 2015: Kelly Stromberg, Catalina Sea Ranch
Aquaculture: The Fight for our Local Seafood
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May 8, 2015: Dr. Bill Patzert, Climatologist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Drought: Are We In or Out?
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April 3, 2015: Dr. David Caron, USC
Harmful Algal Blooms Along the California Coast: Their Ecosystem Impacts and Our Present Understanding
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February 6, 2015: David Helvarg, Executive Director of Blue Frontier
"The Golden Shore - California's Love Affair with the Sea"
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December 5, 2014: Dr. Shana Goffredi, Occidental College
The Universe Below: Explorations of Life in the Deep Sea
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October 3, 2014: Dr. Richard F. Ambrose, UCLA
Tides of change: Past trends in rocky intertidal communities and prospects for the future
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August 1, 2014: Dr. Shawna Dark, CSU Northridge
Unearthing The Historical Wetlands of Southern California
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May 9, 2014: Dr. Chris Lowe, CSU Long Beach
Return of the big marine predators to California waters: a sign things might be getting better
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