Marine Center

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Paul Barber & Zachary Gold in UCLA Newsroom, UCLA scientists help simplify DNA testing for tracking marine species

“eDNA is a really powerful tool for providing insights into the plants and animals inhabiting an ecosystem,” said Paul Barber, a UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, member of…

Oysters as Catch of the Day? Perhaps not, if ocean acidity keeps rising

UCLA research explores how shell-forming marine species respond to acidification

UCLA research shows how carbon-filled oceans affect a tiny but important organism

Coccolithophores are fundamental to marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle

Awards

Paul Barber’s research article on sushi ‘fish fraud’ among most downloaded

The article, published in Conservation Biology, was downloaded 1,751 times in the 12 months following its publication.

Coral reefs in hot water as warming events slow recovery

The hardy marine invertebrates can survive bleaching but their growth is slowed, study finds

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Public Exhibit on the Oxygen Minimum Zone in the Santa Monica Basin

Within the framework of our USC Sea Grant project (PIs: William Berelson, USC & Tina Treude, UCLA) about the potential spreading of the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) in the Santa…