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.
CCE Forum on: Insights from P1908, and Planning for Phase IV Renewal Proposal Click here for agenda
EBUS webinar.. Pierre Chabert from Sorbonne Université and CCE will present "Cross-shore flow and implications for Carbon Export in the California Current Ecosystem: A Lagrangian Analysis" at 0800 Pacific Time. ( EBUS webinar)
New IM. CCE is very pleased to welcome Marina Frants as our new Information Manager.
CCE Journal Club. A new monthly journal club led by grad student/postdoc reps Ralph Torres and Jamee Adams was launched. Meetings will occur regularly on the first Tuesday of each month at 11 am.
CCE Forum on: New Results in the CCE Region.
REU program.. Four students participated in CCE's Research Experience for Undergraduates, working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Click here for agenda.)
CCE Diel Periodicity Cruise P2007. In the first cruise since the pandemic-related fleet standdown, a group of CCE graduate students led by Stephanie Matthews conducted a study of diel periodicity in upper ocean processes. (Link to cruise preparations.)
CCE Forum on: (better) Integration of Models and Measurements in the CCE. 1:30 - 5:30 pm PDT. If you'd like to make a short presentation, contact Mark Ohman.
Follow along with the CCE LTER researchers aboard the August 2019 Process Cruise
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