Meredith focuses her research on the ecology and physiology of harmful algal blooms, particularly the marine toxins, domoic acid and yessotoxin.

San Francisco Bay is a critical and vulnerable estuarine environment. Movement of sediment and toxins through this system is an important area of study. Michelle is developing the use of remote sensing to quantify and track heavy metal concentrations associated with suspended sediment in, and from, SF Bay.

Misty is working on nutrient limitation and Nitrogen uptake kinetics using samples from the Santa Cruz wharf. She is also looking at differences in Nitrogen uptake values between the bacteria and phytoplankton in a specific community using a flowcytometer.

In support of the Cal-PreEMPT project, Jenny is working toward enabling and improving harmful algal bloom monitoring along the California coastline. Her research involves the identification and examination of oceanographic conditions that influence bloom dynamics.

Sherry is interested in using optical signatures to define water masses in coastal systems.  The main components of her work include using the optical properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) to identify river plume water masses and algal blooms.

Atma works at UCSC as a research technician and laboratory manager. She coordinates and participates in both lab and field projects with extensive at-sea experience in several field research programs. Currently, She manages our local Monterey Bay monthly field project named CIMT.  http://cimt.ucsc.edu

New to the lab, Anna’s background includes studying diatom asseblages in subsurface sediments in the Larsen A and B regions of Antarctica,  and monitoring phytoplankton for the Department of Marine Resources in Maine in Casco Bay.

Cindy processes both Ocean Color and Ocean Temperature Data along the west coast of North America. Presently, she is working on a routine to compare river flow data with chlorophyll to determine where in time and space thay have a max correlation. Phn:479-4423