Research

CMBC Research Focus Areas

• Central Pacific Atolls
  

• California Coastal Conservation 
  

• Deep Sea Pacific Ecosystems

• Climate Change: Biodiversity and Conservation
  

• Gulf of California
  

  
  

• Reef Fish Conservation in the Eastern Pacific

• Biodiversity of the Gulf of California with DeepSee

• Vaquita conservation

New Research Projects

All projects under CMBC Focused Research Areas meet one or more of our research goals.  We encourage researchers at SIO and other UCSD departments to submit proposals for new projects to lead scientist Jeremy Jackson.  

CMBC Research Goals

Patterns of Biodiversity: assessing species richness along gradients of human pressure; significance of food webs in biodiversity; and relationship biodiversity - ecosystem services - human health
Threats to Marine Biodiversity: status of marine ecosystems; impacts of past anthropogenic threats;  impacts of climate change and continuing anthropogenic impacts; and patterns of current and future extinctions.
Conservation of Marine Biodiversity: protocol for selecting priority conservation areas; experimental restoration; and modeling recovery

Students and faculty research

Project titles link to summaries, photos and more information

Resources for Researchers

Provides funding sources, links to research laboratories, and position posted for graduating Masters and PhD