Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 8272 Moss Landing Rd. Moss Landing, CA 95039

Since establishment in 1966, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) has grown an international reputation for excellence in marine science research and education, and is the second oldest marine lab on Monterey Bay. MLML is operated by a consortium of seven California State University campuses (Fresno, Hayward, Monterey Bay, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, and Stanislaus), with consortium undergraduate and graduate students taking courses or pursuing their Masters of Science degrees at MLML.

MLML's main building is a 60,000 ft2 state-of-the-art facility with a library (shared with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), research laboratories, teaching classrooms, research museum, research aquarium with 300 GPM seawater system, warehouse, machine shop, and necropsy lab. Our Shore Facility (Norte) houses the Center for Habitat Studies, Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory, NMFS Sea Turtle Program, and SLEWTHS. Additionally, MLML has a Marine Operations and Small Boats/SCUBA facility.

The MLML mission is to: "Provision the Pioneers of the Future." We do this through a hands-on, field-oriented approach to our curriculum, which places our students at the frontiers of marine science where discoveries are being made. The expertise of nine full-time MLML faculty is strongly complimented by a number of adjunct professors and affiliated researchers. We serve approximately 120 students with the support of about 50 talented staff. Because MLML is associated with the California State University system, the primary responsibility of the faculty is teaching. In addition to emphasizing well-taught courses and mentoring of graduate students, the MLML faculty and associated researchers are regional leaders within their research disciplines. The combined emphasis on teaching and research provides a unique setting for graduate student education. The great wealth of nearby marine resources, the faculty emphasis on mentoring and teaching with integrated research, and the excellent facilities, staff, and marine operations contribute to make this one of the best programs for a Master of Science in Marine Science in the United States.

Classes at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories are open to properly qualified upper-division undergraduate and graduate students enrolled through the consortium campuses. MLML's graduate program offers a Masters of Science degree in Marine Science.

Faculty: Gregor M. Cailliet - Ichthyology, Marine Ecology, Population Biology, Demography; Kenneth H. Coale - Marine & Lacustrine Biogeochemistry, Trace Metals, Radionuclides, Carbon, Nutrients; Jon Geller - Marine Invertebrate Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Biological Invasions; Michael H. Graham - Phycology, Marine Ecology, Statistics and Experimental Design; H. Gary Greene - Marine Geology, Benthic Habitats, Submarine Canyons & Landslides, Tsunamis, Coastal Processes; James T. Harvey - Vertebrate Ecology, Health & Condition, Strandings, Telemetry, Fishery Interactions; Joan Parker - Marine Science Information, Metadata Creation, Institutional Repositories, Library Management; Erika McPhee-Shaw - Internal Waves, Continental Margin Exchange, Sediment & Nutrient Transport, Shelf/Slope Dynamics, Coupling between Dynamics and Coastal Ecosystems; Nick Welschmeyer - Biological Oceanography, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Algal Pigments, Primary Production, Grazing; Adjunct Faculty: Ivano W. Aiello - Marine Geology, Sedimentology, Paleoceanography, Fluid Seeps, Microbial Sediments, Paleomagnetism; Simona Bartl - Immunology, Host Defenses, Evolution, Biotechnology, Science-Math-Technology (SMT) Education; Laurence Breaker - Physical oceanography, remote sensing, time series analysis; David A. Ebert - Ichthyology, Sharks, Rays, Chimaeras, Life History, Ecology, Biogeography, Systematics; Lara A. Ferry-Graham - Comparative Biology, Functional Morphology, Ecomorphology, Fishes, Prey Capture, Feeding, Ventilation, Locomotion; Stacy Kim - Marine Ecology, Benthic Communities, Biological Oceanography; Valerie Loeb - Fisheries Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Zooplankton, Ichthyoplankton, Antarctica; John Oliver - Benthic Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Restoration Ecology; Richard M. Starr - Conservation Biology, Fisheries, Telemetry, Resource Management; Emeritus Faculty: William Broenkow - Physical Oceanography; Michael S. Foster - Phycology, Ecology, Rocky Intertidal, Kelp Forests, Rhodoliths; Lester H. Lange - Higher Mathematics; James Nybakken - Invertebrate Zoology

MLML is situated in an excellent location for the study of the marine world. The Monterey Submarine Canyon, the largest such feature on the west coast of North America, begins within a few hundred meters of Moss Landing harbor. Researchers can access 2,000 m water depths with one hour steaming out of Moss Landing. To the east of MLML is the Elkhorn Slough, one of the largest unspoiled estuarine wetlands off the west coast of the United States, and an important site for shorebirds and fishes. To the north and south are sand dunes, sandy beaches, and extensive kelp forest habitats along the rocky shoreline. MLML is located between two large upwelling centers, which provide nutrients that stimulate an incredible amount of productivity and provide a wealth of opportunities to study coastal oceanic processes.

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