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Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Collaborative Fisheries ResearchAn Effective Way to Collect Data for Stock Assessments and
Evaluate Marine Protected Areas
Monitoring and Assessing Ecosystem Status as Part of Ecosystem-Based Management
Dean E. WendtCenter for Coastal Marine Sciences, Cal Poly, San Luis
ObispoSLOSEA (San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance)
Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
SLOSEA’s vision is a healthy, resilient coastal ecosystem that provides for thriving and interacting populations of plant,
animal and human communities.
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SLOSEA connects marine science with public policy, management, and community by conducting “user driven”
research on marine resources
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• Address Key Pollutant Sources and Impacts• Build Data and Framework for Regional
Fisheries Management• Guide Appropriate Levels of Human Access• Identify, Detect, and Control Marine Invasives• Inform Decision Making for a Diversified Marine
Economy • Characterize Climate Change Effects and
Prioritize Local Actions
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Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status
SLOSEA Key Pollutants Initiative
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Address Key Pollutant Sources and Impacts
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ChorroChorroCreekCreek
Los OsosLos OsosCreekCreekMorroMorro
BayBay
agagrunoffrunoff
groundwatergroundwaterseepsseeps
SLOSEA Water Quality ObservatorySLOSEA Water Quality Observatory
urbanurbanrunoffrunoff
tidestides3m max3m max
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““BS1” 2006 Dec 21BS1” 2006 Dec 21
HIGH TIDE+6’
LOW TIDE-1’
Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status
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Sewage SpillSewage Spill
Mark Moline, Cal Poly Marine SciencesMonitor and Assess Ecosystem Status
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Nitrate and Tides (The Septic Signal?)Nitrate and Tides (The Septic Signal?)
Nitrate
Tide
Time – 2 months
Nitrate appears to be pulsing when Nitrate appears to be pulsing when flushing is diminished by lower tidal swingflushing is diminished by lower tidal swing
Mark Moline, Cal Poly Marine Sciences
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Nonylphenol• Emerging Contaminant • May be causing tumors in fish in Morro Bay
Monitor and Assess Ecosystem StatusLars Tomanek, Cal Poly Marine Sciences
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Nonylphenol
• Bioaccumulation
• Biological effects
Arrow goby with gonadal tumor, dissected
Gonadal tumor Lipoma in liver
Monitor and Assess Ecosystem StatusMark Moline, Cal Poly Marine Sciences
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Monitor and Assess Ecosystem Status
Management and Policy Action
Melissa Locke, JD, Cal Poly Marine Sciences
To be included
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• California and Coastal Marine Initiative of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation• California Coastal Conservancy/Ocean Protection Council• California Polytechnic State University• California Sea Grant• Campbell Foundation• David and Lucile Packard Foundation • The Morro Bay National Estuary Program• NOAA Fisheries