{"id":1483,"date":"2023-10-23T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant-temp\/?page_id=1483"},"modified":"2023-11-08T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:29:00","slug":"coastal-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/coastal-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USC Sea Grant\u2019s work takes us from the smallest members of the coastal ecosystems\u2014phytoplankton and zooplankton\u2014to the largest members\u2014whales\u2014who use our productive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coastline<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an essential migratory and feeding grounds. We are particularly interested in native species restorations and the impacts of a changing climate and anthropogenic stress on populations. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n              \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Recent Research\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Blinded by the Light: New technology shows artificial light impacts sensitive beach species<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2018-2020)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigator: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travis Longcore, Ph.D., UCLA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/blinded-by-the-light\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Bringing Back Oysters: Examining the effects of pollutants on oysters to inform estuary restoration efforts<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2018-2020)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erika Holland, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Whitcraft, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/bringing-back-oysters\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Help from Kelp: Restored giant kelp forests can buffer against climate change threats <\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2018-2020)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerry J. Nickols, Ph.D., California State University, Northridge\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brian Gaylord, Ph.D., University of California, Davis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Ford, The Bay Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/help-from-kelp\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Propagating Problems: Studying the combined effects of ocean acidification, hypoxia, and harmful algal blooms in the California ecosystem<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2024-2026)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Gracey, Ph.D., University of Southern California<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Hutchins, Ph.D., University of Southern California<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/propagating-problems\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Struggling Sea Urchins: Red sea urchins suffer harmful growth effects under common California water conditions<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2020-2022)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nina Bednarsek, Ph.D., Southern California Coastal Water Research Project\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Gracey, Ph.D., University of Southern California<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/struggling-sea-urchins\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">TEK meets eDNA: Traditional Ecological Knowledge used to advance equity in collaborative management of the newly proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA (2024-2026)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Palumbi, Ph.D., Stanford University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violet Sage Walker, Northern Chumash Tribal Council<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/tek-meets-edna\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-7-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-7-fD1I_U0NSZ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">TIDES Through Time: A collaboration of scientists, managers, and Indigenous Nations assess intertidal sea level rise vulnerability<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-7-fD1I_U0NSZ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-7-fD1I_U0NSZ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Funding: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California Ocean Protection Council funded project (2018-2021)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Investigators:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Smith, Ph.D., University of California San Diego<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Giddings, Ph.D., University of California San Diego<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/tides-through-time\/\">View Project Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Community Engagement\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-M5WT9f7Zs3\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-M5WT9f7Zs3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Article: Apocalypse Cow<\/span>\n    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