Contacts and Collaborators
Subtidal Reseachers
Mark Carr , Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jenn Caselle, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Readdie, PhD
University of California Santa Cruz
Dan Malone, Data Analyst
University of California Santa Cruz
Jamie Grover, Research Technician
University of California Santa Cruz
Jared Figurski, Graduate Student
University of California Santa Cruz
Jan Freiwald, Graduate Student
University of California Santa Cruz
Jesse Patterson, Research Technician
University of California Santa Barbara
Scott Hamilton, Graduate Student
University of California Santa Barbara
Subtidal Partners and Collaborators
The National Park Service initiated an ecological monitoring program in 1981 to determine the health of kelp forests in Channel Islands National Park, California. This program seeks to establish the normal limits of variation of population parameters, to provide early warnings of abnormal conditions, and to identify possible agents of abnormal change. Although the methodologies differ between the programs, PISCO collaborates with the NPS kelp forest monitoring program by sharing resources and data. Recently, PISCO scientists at UCSB collaborated with Park Service scientists on a three year intensive monitoring effort at four marine protected areas in the Channel Islands using a joint protocol that utlilizes the strengths of each program.
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) research efforts focus on evaluating ecosystem health, collecting data on living marine resources, assessing the impact of human activities, implementing effective resource management strategies, and increasing understanding of the importance of the Sanctuary. CINMS has been important to PISCOs subtidal monitoring program by donating vessel time on the Sanctuary's research vessel R/V Shearwater.
SBC-LTER, Santa Barbara Channel Long-Term Ecological Research Program
The Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research Project is housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara and is part of the National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network. The primary research objective of the SBC-LTER is to investigate the relative importance of land and ocean processes in structuring giant kelp forest ecosystems. SBC-LTER and PISCO regularly share long term moniotirng data on kelp forest in the Santa Barbara channel.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects the natural resources contained within its boundaries and promotes research, education, and public use. PISCO is fortunate enough to collaborate with MBNMS staff on a number of issues including invasive species monitoring, dissemination of scientific information to the public, and the Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN). One of the main goals of SIMoN is to establish ecosystem monitoring programs through grants to local investigators that will complement existing programs such as PISCO.
Illustrations
Amadeo Bachar, http://www.abachar.com