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The California Current Ecosystem LTER is part of the network of Long-Term Ecological Research sites funded by the National Science Foundation.

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The California Current System is a coastal upwelling biome, as found along the eastern margins of all major ocean basins. These are among the most productive  ecosystems in the world ocean. The California Current Ecosystem LTER (32.9°, -120.3°) is investigating nonlinear transitions in the California Current coastal pelagic ecosystem, with particular attention to long-term forcing by a secular warming trend, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and El Niño in altering the structure and dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem. The California Current sustains active fisheries for a variety of finfish and marine invertebrates, modulates weather patterns and the hydrologic cycle of much of the western United States, and plays a vital role in the economy of myriad coastal communities.

 

CCE News and Announcements

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LTER site exchange fellows announced for 2025

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The LTER Network Office recently announced it will fund four site exchange fellowships in 2025. CCE LTER will host a Graduate student (Alexandra Cabanelas Bermudez) from the NES LTER site, and will also send Graduate student (Margaret “Maggie” Baker) to the NGA LTER site. Read all about it here!

CCE Grad students to defend PhD theses in May

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Two CCE Graduate students will defend their theses this month! Jamee Adams (J. Diaz Lab) will present “Nutritional roles and enzymatic mechanisms of phosphorus utilization by marine microbes” on 16 May at 2 pm in Hubbs 4500. Hannah Adams (A. Schartup Lab) will present “Environmental and microbial drivers of methylmercury variabilityRead more.