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Background
Where do animals on the beach get their food and shelter?
Meet Winter and she is a Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). Since Winter lives on a beach in Orange County, California, she is exposed…
Gillnet fishing is a system that uses nets to catch fish, but unfortunately, it results in the accidental trapping, mutilation, or casualty of marine mammals like dolphins, seals, and sea lions. This has led to…
Figure 1 Wrack pile. Photo Cred: Laguna Bluebelt
It’s a brisk spring morning, and the sun’s rays are beginning to shine through the water. You’re in southern California so the water is chilly, but not too…
When I was young, I would go to the beach and watch the surfers and skimboarders ride the waves of Laguna. I wasn’t much of a surfer, but I was fascinated with the marine life…
At times when I sit and think about the world, I realize how big of an influence society and culture have on the way we live our lives and how we think. What if we…
A group of California sea lions hauled-out at Dana Point Harbor Photo Credit: Houstan Vassel
All About the California Sea Lion
Ranging from southeast Alaska to the Pacific coast of central Mexico, California sea lions are one…
Photo credit: Anna Jullie
As a young girl growing up in a small town in Michigan, I was surrounded by water constantly. Growing up with “The Swamp ” for a backyard, as we affectionately called our…
Know your Data – your Research
Team ESRE, photo credit: Taylor McGrath
Introduction
The last week of our Spring 2021 quarter was a special one. It was the quarter we all finally received our long-awaited Capstone project assignments….