Lead Group
University of California Santa Cruz
This group manages the database and website and surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites from Oregon to northern Santa Barbara County, and Biodiversity Survey sites from Alaska to Mexico. These sites are funded by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, California Ocean Protection Council, California Sea Grant, Comunidad y Biodiversidad, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, and United States Navy. For more information about these sites, please contact Pete Raimondi (raimondi@ucsc.edu).
Additional Groups
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles Counties. These sites are primarily funded by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. For more information about these sites, please contact Lisa Gilbane (lisa.gilbane@boem.gov).
Cabrillo National Monument
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Cabrillo National Monument and and San Diego County. These sites are primarily funded by the National Park Service. For more information about these sites, please contact Lauren Pandori (lauren_pandori@nps.gov).
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
This research group, along with California State University at Fullerton, surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties and co-coordinates the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe). These sites are primarily funded by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. For more information about these sites, please contact Jayson Smith (jaysonsmith@cpp.edu) and Jennifer Burnaford (jburnaford@exchange.fullerton.edu). For more information about MARINe, please contact Jennifer Burnaford (jburnaford@exchange.fullerton.edu).
California State University at Long Beach
This research group surveys one Long-Term Monitoring site in Palos Verdes, California. This site is currently unfunded. For more information about this site, please contact Bengt Allen (Bengt.Allen@csulb.edu).
California State University at Fullerton
This research group, along with California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties and co-coordinates the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe). These sites are primarily funded by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. For more information about these sites, please contact Jayson Smith (jaysonsmith@cpp.edu) and Jennifer Burnaford (jburnaford@exchange.fullerton.edu). For more information about MARINe, please contact Jennifer Burnaford (jburnaford@exchange.fullerton.edu).
Channel Islands National Park
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Channel Islands National Park. These sites are primarily funded by the National Park Service. For more information about these sites, please contact Stephen Whitaker (stephen_whitaker@nps.gov).
Channel Islands Research Program
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites on Catalina Island. For more information about these sites, please contact Steven Lee (steve@sonomaecologycenter.org). These sites were initially funded by the Tatman Foundation, but are currently unfunded.
Feiro Marine Life Center
This research group surveys one Long-Term Monitoring site within Freshwater Bay, Washington. This site is currently unfunded. For more information about this site, please contact Melissa Miner (cmminer@ucsc.edu).
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites on the Farallon Islands. For more information about these sites, please contact Jan Roletto (jan.roletto@noaa.gov)
Hakai Institute
The Hakai Institute surveys Long-Term Monitoring and Biodiversity sites in British Columbia, Canada. For more information about these sites, please contact Alyssa Gehman (alyssa.gehman@hakai.org).
Humboldt State University
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites in Northern California. These sites are primarily funded by California Sea Grant. For more information about these sites, please contact Sean Craig (Sean.Craig@humboldt.edu).
Navy Marine Ecology Consortium
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites on San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands. These sites are primarily funded by United States Navy. For more information about these sites, please contact Jessica Curran (jessica.j.curran.civ@us.navy.mil) or Erica Pollard (erica.a.pollard2.civ@us.navy.mil).
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. These sites are primarily funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more information about these sites, please contact Katie Wrubel (Katie.Wrubel@noaa.gov).
Olympic National Park
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within the Olympic National Park. These sites are primarily funded by the National Park Service. For more information about these sites, please contact Steven Fradkin (Steven_Fradkin@nps.gov).
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. These sites are primarily funded by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and the Washington State Department of Ecology. For more information about these sites, please contact Heath Bohlmann (hbohlmann@padillabay.gov).
Quinault Indian Nation
This research group surveys one Long-Term Monitoring site within the Quinault Indian Nation. For more information about these sites, please contact Scott Mazzone (smazzone@quinault.org).
Redwood National and State Parks
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Redwood National and State Parks. These sites are primarily funded by the National Park Service. For more information about these sites, please contact Karah Ammann (karah.ammann@ucsc.edu) and Eric Dinger (eric_dinger@nps.gov).
San Francisco Bay Area Network – National Park Service
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. These sites are primarily funded by the Inventory and Monitoring Program of the National Park Service. For more information about these sites, please contact Ben Becker (Ben_Becker@nps.gov) or Darren Fong (darren_fong@nps.gov).
Sitka Sound Science Center
Sitka Sound Science Center surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Sitka Sound, Alaska. These sites are primarily funded by the North Pacific Research Board. For more information about these sites, please contact Melissa Miner (cmminer@ucsc.edu).
University of California Los Angeles
This research group surveyed Long-Term Monitoring sites within southern Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties through 2018. For historical information about these sites, please contact Rich Ambrose (rambrose@ucla.edu).
University of California Santa Barbara
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, including on Santa Cruz Island. These sites are primarily funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans. For more information about these sites, please contact Jenn Caselle (caselle@ucsb.edu).
University of Washington
This research group surveys Long-Term Monitoring sites within the Washington Salish Sea with assistance from Washington Department of Natural Resources. For more information about these sites, please contact Megan Dethier (mdethier@uw.edu).
Western Washington University
This research group surveys one Long-Term Monitoring site within Bellingham Bay, Washington. This site is currently unfunded. For more information about this site, please contact Melissa Miner (cmminer@ucsc.edu).
