Smith Lab members Niko Kaplanis and Jill Harris recently published the results of their San Diego County non-native algae research project conducted between 2012 and 2014. This work documented patterns of establishment, spread, and persistence for two non-native algal species in San Diego county and analyzed this invasion in the larger geographic context of the entire Pacific Coast of North … Read More
SOAR with me underneath the Scripps Pier!
It is another beautiful day in paradise. This paradise is sunny San Diego, California. Today we’ll suit up for a dive underneath the pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to visit our underwater instruments for a cleaning and calibration water sample. I have done this dive over 200 times, but thankfully it doesn’t get old. I have been able to … Read More