The California Current Ecosystem LTER is part of the network of Long-Term Ecological Research sites funded by the National Science Foundation.
The California Current System is a coastal upwelling biome, as found along the eastern margins of all major ocean basins. These are among the most productive ecosystems in the world ocean. The California Current Ecosystem LTER (32.9°, -120.3°) is investigating nonlinear transitions in the California Current coastal pelagic ecosystem, with particular attention to long-term forcing by a secular warming trend, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and El Niño in altering the structure and dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem. The California Current sustains active fisheries for a variety of finfish and marine invertebrates, modulates weather patterns and the hydrologic cycle of much of the western United States, and plays a vital role in the economy of myriad coastal communities.
Ocean Sciences Meeting. CCE science was very well represented by at least 17 CCE participants, including undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and CCE Associates and PI's.
Save the date: CCE Forum -- Recent results from the California Current Ecosystem -- will take place on Monday, May 9, 12:00-3:30pm in MESOM 251. In person attendance is preferred, but a hybrid option will be made available.
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