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PISCO
• OSU, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford University
• Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• 1999-2004
Protection and conservation are impeded by
• Poor understanding of coastal ecosystems, and
• Ineffective transfer of scientific knowledge
Understanding and conservation
requires research that is
• Interdisciplinary
• Multi-scale
• Long-term
PISCO Goals• Determine the long-term, large-scale processes
underlying the dynamics and structure of intertidal and shallow subtidal reef communities along the US West Coast
• Develop new scientific approaches for conservation, especially distinguishing natural causes from human induced changes (including reserves)
• Initiate interdisciplinary training and research
• Integrate this knowledge into public and policy arenas
1) establish a coordinated monitoring and experimental network to track ecological patterns / processes along 2,000 km coastline
2) examine linkages between coastal oceanographic and ecological patterns and processes in coastal rocky habitats
3) use monitoring studies to direct other process-oriented and experimental studies
4) more closely link research, training and it’s application to conservation problems
Overall Approach
5) develop mechanisms for bridging science-policy
The Research Program
How nearshore oceanography influences nearshore marine communities
Larvae
Adults
Community structure - Intertidal
• Unprecedented in scale -- West Coast of the contiguous U.S.
• Monitors patterns and diversity
Nearshore Moorings
• Biological measurements– larval abundance– recruitment
• Physical measurements– nutrients– chlorophyll a– salinity – temperature
• Focus species - Rockfish
• Focus areas - Monterey Bay and Channel Islands/Point Conception
Dispersal among populations
Dispersal - Microchemistry Approach
Look for trace elements in otoliths
Determines connectivity among populations of fish