The public health, tourism, fisheries, and ecosystem impacts from harmful algal blooms
(HABs) have all increased over the past few decades. This has led to heightened scientific …

Recent advances in robotic technologies provide new opportunities to conduct high-
resolution sampling of patchily distributed zooplankton and associated environmental …

Monterey Bay, CA is an Eastern boundary upwelling system that is nitrogen limited much of
the year. In order to resolve population dynamics of microorganisms important for nutrient …

The coastal ocean is a dynamic and complex environment due to the confluence of
atmospheric, oceanographic, estuarine/riverine, and land-sea interactions. Yet it continues …

Traditional morphological identification of invertebrate marine species is limited in early life
history stages for many taxa. In this study, we demonstrate, by example of Vestimentiferan …

The identification of balanomorph larvae plays an important role in ecological study and for
protection against biofouling. However, it is difficult to identify species of cyprids (settling …

Realistic species-specific information about larval life history is necessary for effective
management of shellfish and parameterization of larval connectivity models. The patchiness …

Recently there has been an increased use of microarray technology as a tool to determine
the presence of functional genes in a population of hard to culture communities (eg, soil …

There is a need for low-cost, rapid, and accurate detection of harmful organisms. Some
species of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium produce paralytic shellfish toxins that can …

Molecular approaches for detecting and quantifying harmful algal bloom (HAB) species
have become more commonplace because of their capability to distinguish taxa and …