Where We Work

Our Research and Activity in California

State-Related Research Projects

• Analysis of Groundfishes and Fishing Effort to Support the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
• Developing a Resource Assessment Tool for Marine-Protected Areas: California
• Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins
• Aggression is a Symptom of Domoic Acid Poisoning in California Sea Lions
• Biogeographic Assessment of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to Support Evaluation of Boundary Alternatives
• The Environmental Sample Processor – Making it More Affordable and Easier to Use
• Deep coral ecology, health, and diversity
• Ocean Acidification in the California Current: Predicting Impacts on Food Webs and Economies within a Context of Climate Change
• Hand Held Sensor for Domoic Acid Poisoning of Marine Mammals
• Defining Domoic Acid Epileptic Disease
• National Analytical Response to Harmful Algal Blooms-related Marine Animal Mortality Events
• Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development
• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Forecasting
• A Fetal Origin of Epileptic Disease in the California Sea Lion
• A Regional Comparison of Upwelling and Coastal Land Use Patterns on the Development of HAB Hotspots Along the California Coast
• National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
• National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Coastal Assessment
• Mapping and Analysis of West Coast Groundfish to Support Their Conservation and Management
• Marine Biogeographic Assessment of Three National Marine Sanctuaries off North Central California

Recent Related News and Headlines

• NCCOS Transfers Toxin Detection Method to Maine Start-Up Company to Provide Testing of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins
• Mobile Robotic Laboratory Will Track Ocean Toxins: Popular Mechanics Probes the MBARI-NCCOS Research Collaboration
• California HAB Forecasting Highlighted by Major Ocean Research Organization, Online News Service
• NCCOS and Partners Experiment with First Underwater Robot that Will Remotely Detect Red Tide Toxins in Gulf of Maine
• Underwater Ocean Observing Robots Sniff Out Signs of Toxic Algae
• New Technologies and Platforms Transforming Oceanography
• Recreational Water Pathogen Detection Workshops Build Skills for State Labs
• Algal Toxin Causes Seizures by Damaging Olfactory Neurons
• Algae Toxin Traced Through Rat Brains Yields Clues to Sea Lion Seizure Risk
• West Coast Harmful Algal Bloom Observing System Design Paper Published
• Oceans: Science team reports new finds in Farallones Sanctuary « Summit County Citizens Voice
• NOAA, partners discover deep sea coral and sponge banks in Farallones sanctuary – NOS feature story
• NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Finds Supportive Partner in NCCOS
• Big pipe triggers big science on O.C. coast – News – The Orange County Register
• California HAB Project Well-Timed to Study Impacts of Sewage Ocean Outfall Diversion