Action Alerts

*Santa Monica Baykeeper has issued a public statement on the importance of the new southern Californian Marine Protected Areas, and the role of our program M.P.A. Watch. Please click here to read. And spread the word*

 

King Tides have arrived in California! King tides are extreme high tide events that occur as the result of the combined gravitational forces of the sun and moon, providing a glimpse of what rising sea levels could look like in the coming years. Take some photos from January 21-22 or February 6-8 and submit them to our statewide King Tides Photo Initiative site. For more information about King Tides, or where to view them, click here.

 

Recent News

 

October 22, 2011

Dailybreeze.com

Kelp Forest Restoration Project

October 26, 2011

Santa Monica Patch

Baykeeper praises Hermosa Beach ban of Styrofoam take out containers

November 22, 2011

Slow Living Radio

Liz Crosson LIVE discussing Baykeeper projects

November 29, 2011

Los Angeles Times

Stormwater runoff from La Brea Tar Pits and LA County remediation project

December 22, 2011

The Daily Breeze

The connection between king tides & sea level rise

December 31, 2011

Los Angeles Times

Volunteers to help patrol new MPA Watch program

January 10, 2012

Los Angeles Times

The benefits of MPAs, and the proper role of volunteer watch programs

 

Calendar

 

JOIN US FOR UNDERWATER PARKS DAY!
Saturday, January 21st
In commemoration of the 4th Annual Underwater Parks Day, join Santa Monica Baykeeper at a volunteer training session for our brand new program, MPA Watch. This is a hands on citizen monitoring program on our boat which will gather data to determine the efficacy of our new Marine Protected Areas, as well as provide an opportunity to reach out to the fishing & recreational water-sports communities about the new regulations and benefits of Southern California’s new Underwater Parks. For more information please contact Brian Meux at bmeux@smbaykeeper.org,  or call  (310) 305-9645 ext. 107. 

 

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Kelp Project Species Identification

Click here to go back to Baykeeper Kelp Page

Species Sampled in Quadrats | Invasive Species

Click here for a printable version

 

Species Sampled in Band Transects

 

Abalone Batstar
Black_crowned_seaurchin
Giant Kelp Adult
Macrocystis pyrifera
brown alga attached by holdfast
size: up to 30 m (100 ft)
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  Warty Sea Cucumber
Parastichopus parvimensis
soft cylindrical orange-brown body
with pointy projections
size: up to 25 cm (10 in)
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Bat Star
Asterina miniata
Webbed 5-arm shape, solid or mottled colors
(red, orange, yellow, brown, green, purple)
size: up to 20 cm (8 in)
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Cystoseira Giant-kelp-(adult)
Giant-keyhole-limpet
Giant Spined Star
Pisaster giganteus
5-arm shape, covered with white spines
with blue bumps
size: up to 50 cm (20 in)
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Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis
large, slow moving crab with long legs
size: carapace up to 15 cm (6 in),
leg span up to 45 cm (18 in)
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California Spiny Lobster
Panulirus interruptus
look for long antennae
sticking out of crevices
size: up to 60 cm (2 ft)
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Cystoseira Cystoseira Cystoseira

Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megthura crenulata
shell can be covered by soft body (mantle),
“keyhole” on top of shell
size: up to 13 cm (5 in)
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Rock Scallop
Crassedoma giganteum
look for slit with orange or gray body
and small tentacles, very cryptic
size: up to 20 cm (8 in)
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Abalone
Haliotis sp.
holes on edge of shell, very cryptic,
can be covered with algae
size: up to 30 cm (12 in)
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The Kelp Project also looks for and records all other notable species encountered during sampling.

Click here to go back to Baykeeper Kelp Page

Species Sampled in Quadrats | Invasive Species

Click here for a printable version

Special thanks to volunteer diver Ian Craig for donating his pictures!

 


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