Tracking State Investments in OA Science
With new findings and new investments in OA science, the Task Force is providing a link among ongoing initiatives and projects in order to connect findings to end-users and decision-makers in the state to maximize impact. Below is a summary of ongoing investments funded by the Ocean Protection Council.
- Working Group: Exploring Aquatic Vegetation as an Ocean Acidification Management Tool in California (Ocean Science Trust, OPC Science Advisory Team)
- Seagrasses’ ability to ameliorate estuarine acidification (University of California, Davis)
- Potential seagrass buffering of Humboldt Bay to ocean acidification and implication for aquaculture industry and hatchery and eelgrass managers (Humboldt State University)
- Inventory of ocean acidification and hypoxia hotspots (California Ocean Science Trust)
- Geography of stress: impacts of ocean acidification along the California Coast (University of California Davis)
- Integrated modeling to answer key management questions regarding ocean acidification and hypoxia (University of California, Los Angeles)
- An ecophysiological framework to assess hypoxia driven habitat loss in the California Current Ecosystem (University of Washington)
- MPA effectiveness and ecological responses in the face of changing ocean conditions (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Benefits beyond biomass: Bio-physical feedbacks within Marine Protected Areas may promote ecosystem resilience in the face of global climate change (University of California Santa Barbara)
- Developing biologically-relevant water quality targets for guiding ocean acidification management (Southern California Coastal Water Research Project)
- Present and future climatic drivers of domoic acid toxicity in coastal ecosystems of California (San Francisco State University)
Current Funding Opportunities
Please check out current funding opportunities from the Ocean Protection Council here