Sentences with phrase «on nearshore»

For his dissertation research, he is working collaboratively with commercial fishermen at the northern Channel Islands, off Santa Barbara, to collect essential fishery information on nearshore finfish inside and outside of no - take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

She has worked with sanitation authorities on research pertaining to impacts of disposal on coastal waters, and with the research community and municipalities on impacts of storm water runoff on nearshore coastal environments.

It is big, and it is growing, and that trend is all the more worrisome in light of rapid population growth in the coastal zones of the world and our heavy dependence on nearshore waters for economics, nutrition and recreation.

Not exact matches

When fish feed on organisms that live around bottom - growing plants and on the mud in the nearshore areas (benthic organisms in the littoral zone), they accumulate less mercury than when they are feeding on plankton in the open water.

Coastal and boundary current systems with a focus on processes that link the nearshore and continental shelf to the open ocean, such as along - and across - shore transport processes, stirring and mixing of water masses, and the coastal response to larger - scale forcing events; long - duration, high - resolution observations using autonomous underwater gliders.

Though we had planned on working nearshore today in SOCAL - BRS with some planned refueling and transfers of people and gear, the small craft advisory from large swell and 20 + knot winds in outer water ensured it.

The humpbacks nearshore Moss Landing seem to be feeding on mostly anchovies while the humpbacks further out are filling their bellies with krill.

Where: All events will take place in the nearshore waters of Kaanapali and on the beachfront of the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel

Campsites are located on remote beaches of nearshore islands and on arroyo beaches that emerge through gaps in the picturesque sea cliffs.

Other key areas that require attention include quantification of the effect of trawling and mining on benthic habitats, assessment of the impacts of alien species, quantification of the impacts of pollution (sewage and storm water) in the nearshore environment, and the quantification and prediction of future climate change effects.

Experts have shown a hydrologic connection from these wastewater discharges and the nearshore water quality on the Northwest coast of Maui.

While temperatures on offshore reef environments have been > 17 - 18 deg C (likely due to oceanic influence from the Florida Current), shallow - water and nearshore environments have fallen well below 14 deg C (e.g., 10 - 11 deg C near Long Key).

However, our analyses highlight the need for increased research efforts on the carbon cycle in nearshore environments (Table 3), including δ13C and DIC sampling, and attention to biological and circulation changes in nearshore environments.