SCMI provides vessel support, equipment, and expertise to a variety of researchers from member and non-member campuses, local, federal, and state agencies, and other organizations. Researches conduct a multitude of research projects aboard our Research Vessel the R/V Yellowfin and in our laboratories. To facilitate research efforts SCMI provides equipment, vessels, and personnel to perform the tasks necessary to achieve the highest and most efficacious level of research.
Below are highlighted research projects happening at SCMI. Click the links for more information.
- SCMI Shoreside Station Monitoring Program
- Palos Verdes Reef Restoration
- Port of Los Angeles Water Quality Monitoring
- NOAA Ship of Opportunity Program (SOOP)
- Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms
- Salt Ponds Project
- Barred Sand Bass Study
SCMI Assisted Research
- Palos Verdes Reef Restoration
- Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Program
- Port of Los Angeles Fish Tracking Study – Dr. Chris Lowe, CSULB
- Biological Surveys of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors
- Barred Sand Bass Study – Dr. Larry Allen, CSUN
- Rocky Reef Ecology Studies – Vantuna Research Group
- The Bay Foundation Kelp Forest Restoration
- NOAA Ship of Opportunity Program
- Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms ECOHAB
- San Pedro Ocean Time Series SPOT
- Up.R.I.S.E.E. Time-Series Investigation
- Salt Pond Project – Dr. Christine Whitcraft, CSULB
- Marine Wood Borer Survey – Dr. Don Reish, CSULB
- Research to Help Fishermen Add Value to Local Catches – Dr. Ana Pitchon, CSUDH
- Marine Ecophysiology and Reproduction – Dr. Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamino, CSUDH
- Temperature Influence on Ecology and Distribution of Intertidal Species – Dr. Sarah Gilman, Claremont Colleges
If you are interested in conducting research at SCMI and /or looking for equipment, vessel, laboratories, and storage please contact:
- Carrie Wolfe, Education and Research Coordinator 562-985-3181 carrie.wolfe@csulb.edu