February 4, 2021
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Port of LA-Protecting Rich Habitat in North America’s Busiest Seaport
Rachel McPherson
Port of Los Angeles
Lecture Archives 2014 - 2021
December 3, 2021: Dr. Marah J. Hardt, OceanInk LLC
Sex in the Sea: The weird and wonderful ways animals reproduce in the ocean, and why that matters
October 1, 2021: Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou, Florida International University
The Secret Social Lives of Sharks
August 6, 2021: Dr. Edie Widder, Ocean Research and Conservation Association
Here Be Monsters: Exploring the Edge of the Map
June 4, 2021: Dr. David A. Ebert, Pacific Shark Research Center / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Searching for “Lost Sharks”
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April 9, 2021: Dr. David Cummings, Point Loma Nazarene University
Just say no to drugs: The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria into our coastal wetlands
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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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