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Revision as of 19:42, 28 November 2008
Ocean Research UCSC resources
Contents
Websites
Environmental Defense Fund research
Marine Mammal Rescue Center Here is info on rescue volunteering.
Video
Marine biologist Tierney Thys (Monterey Bay Aquarium) tags the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish.
Robert Ballard on ocean exploration. Crittercam is a videocamera attached to ocean animals to observe their behavior. UCSC alum will showed this work April 5th at UCSC. See Costa and Fowler below.
Dolphins playing with bubbles
Audio
An amazing whale story (Realplayer required)***
'Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest' by Sy Montgomery (several chapters on audio)
Sea Slugs
List of UCSC departments involved in researching the ocean.
UCSC Alumni
Teresa Ish helps comsumers find sustainable fish.
Brock Dolman (College Eight '92, Environmental Studies/Biology), Director of The WATER Institute Ecologist Permaculture Program
John Francis, vice president of research, conservation, and exploration for the National Geographic Society works with Crittercam
Current Students
Melinda Fowler tags very large elephant seals
Hoyt Peckham studies endangered turtles
Allison Luengenstudies toxins in the ocean
Engineering students develop a coral reef monitoring system.
Faculty
Rachel Barnett-Johnson, a fisheries biologist, investigates salmon population.
Dan Costa and his students are tagging marine life to send back realtime information never before available. You can follow activities at TOPP and see Video from KQED's Quest
Global Warming research is being done by Christina Ravelo, a professor of ocean sciences and James Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Articles in category "Ocean"
The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
