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Photograph Friday: Armored Invertebrates in the Morro Bay Estuary

Posted on November 12, 2021
Posted in Blog Posts, Photograph FridayTagged animals of morro bay, California coast wildlife, california crab, california limpet, california scallop, central coast CA wildlife, central coast of california, chiton, invertebrate, invertebrates, kelp crab, kelp scallop, limpet, MBNEP, mollusk, morro bay, morro bay estuary, tidepool animals morro bay, vertebrate, vertebrates

Field Updates October 2021: First Rain, Groundwater Recharge, and Runoff

Posted on November 5, 2021 (November 5, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged california, central coast california, County of San Luis Obispo, first flush, harmful runoff, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay estuary, morro bay national estuary program, nonpoint source pollution, overland runoff, runoff, storm, storm drain, stormwater monitoring, water quality

Contribute to Creepy Crawly Community Science Projects

Posted on October 29, 2021
Posted in Blog Posts, citizen science, community science, Community ScienceTagged air pollution, air quality, citizen science, community science, dark skies, dark sky project, light pollution, orbweaver spiders, science at home, science for kids, science projects, scistarter, spider genetics, spider webs, spiders

Bioassessment 2021: the results are in! How healthy are local creeks? Plus a new video!

Posted on October 22, 2021 (October 28, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged aquatic bugs, bioassessment, creek health, estuarine science, Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust, macroinvertebrates, MBNEP, Miossi Trust, monitoring, morro bay national estuary program, water quality

New Undescribed Nudibranchs! Two New-to-Science Sea Slugs Recently Spotted on the California Coast.

Posted on October 15, 2021 (October 22, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged cumanotus sp., Doto, dotos, iNaturalist, Luan Roberts, nudibranch, Robin Agarwal, sea slug, Siena McKim, undescribed nudibranch, undescribed species, unknown species

Updates from the Field, September 2021: Eelgrass wrack

Posted on October 8, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged beach, california central coast, eelgrass, eelgrass on beach, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, washed up seagrass

Predicting Rain With Tarantula Math: Where folklore meets meteorology

Posted on October 1, 2021
Posted in Guest post, Wildlife spotlightTagged Cuesta college biology, desert tarantula, first rain, makenzie o'connor, MBNEP, morro bay national estuary program, Ron Ruppert, tarantula, tarantula math, tarantula mating, tarantulas come before rain, tarantulas predict rain

Sea Otter Awareness Week Quiz

Posted on September 24, 2021 (September 24, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged birds in morro bay, ca, california, central california, morro bay, protected mammals, sea otter, sea otter awareness week, sea otter savvy, southern sea otter

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Pyrosoma atlanticum

Posted on September 18, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged beach combing morro bay, california, central coast california, fire body, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay tunicate, pyrosma atlanticum, pyrosoma, tunicate, tunicate morro bay

Updates from the Field, August 2021: Red tides, Wildlife, and Volunteering

Posted on September 10, 2021 (September 10, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged a. sanguinea, algae, morro bay, phytoplankton, red tide, toxic algae, toxic algal bloom, what is a red tide?, why is the water red?

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This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement CE-98T25101 to the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document.