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Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center

The OSPR Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center (MWVCRC) was constructed in 1997 as the primary care facility for sea otters affected by oil spills or other marine pollution events. In addition to maintaining the facility and protocols for oil spill response, MWVCRC staff and collaborators conduct research on southern sea otters and other marine wildlife.

Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center: Website

Coastal Biology Greenhouses

This is the coastal campus greenhouse. Restricted for researchers at UCSC.

UC Santa Cruz Coastal Biology Building

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department is located at the UC Santa Cruz Coastal Science Campus. EEB faculty, staff, advising, labs and classrooms are located in the Coastal Biology Building, about three miles from the main UCSC Campus.

Main Lecture Room: CBB 110
Core Seawater Lab: CBB 115
EEB faculty, staff, and advising offices

The Coastal Science Campus is also home to our expansive greenhouses, the Ocean Health Building/Center for Ocean Health, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the California Department of Fish & Wildlife's Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care & Research Center, and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

Mailing Address
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UCSC/Coastal Biology Building
130 McAllister Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Campus Mailstop: CBB/EE Biology

Southwest Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Ecology Division - NOAA

The Fisheries Ecology Division is located in the NOAA Fisheries Santa Cruz Laboratory on the University of California’s Coastal Science Campus.

The Fisheries Ecology Division studies California demersal and anadromous fishes, their fisheries, and their habitats. Demersal species under study include rockfishes, flatfishes, Pacific whiting, sablefish, and lingcod. Anadromous species include coho and chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon. Results of this research are used by the Pacific Fishery Management Council to manage fisheries and by NOAA Fisheries to manage threatened and endangered species and their habitats.

Our scientists focus on causes of variability in abundance and health of fish populations, ecological relations in marine communities, and the economics of exploiting and protecting natural resources. We also assess the stocks of species targeted by various fisheries, and assist in evaluating potential impacts of human activities on threatened or endangered species.

Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory - OHB

Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory The Long Marine Laboratory (LML) was established as a coastal research facility overlooking Monterey Bay (and now the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary) in 1978. It has since expanded to what is now designated as the UC Santa Cruz Coastal Science Campus. LML provides facilities to support research requiring running seawater, large marine mammal pools, seawater wet labs, SCUBA diving, boating, and fieldwork. The close proximity of the lab to the campus allows ease of integrating activities with the campus' instructional and research activities.

LML comprises four research buildings, six mobile trailers, a boatyard, 14 seawater pools, a tank farm, as well as office and seawater pool space in the California Department of Fish & Wildlife building on the Coastal Science Campus. The temperature-controlled pools include the largest (100-foot linear length) and deepest (30 feet max depth) saltwater research pool in the UC system, allowing for one atmosphere of pressure allowing for diving physiology research and SCUBA training experience.

LML is internationally recognized for innovative marine mammal research in diving physiology, physiological ecology, bioacoustics, and cognition. The Marine Lab also supports extensive fieldwork along the central coast and worldwide, involving field observation, tagging, and monitoring of marine mammals and birds. Innovative research into the biology, physiology and life strategies of fish and invertebrates, marine and coastal ecology, ocean acidification, and issues surrounding ocean health are also carried out.

Similarly, the Marine Mammal Physiology Lab and accompanying Comparative Neurophysiology Lab provide unique opportunities for scientists, undergraduate, and graduate student education, and research. The core facilities include trained marine mammals, 2.5 research staff positions, and facilities/seawater pool maintenance supported by grants to T.M. Williams through the Office of Naval Research marine mammal and DURIP programs. Access to the labs is scheduled weekly to include research project support and educational demonstrations for campus visitors, UCSC courses, and biology classes from Monterey region colleges and elementary and high school groups.

The predominant resources available to researchers utilizing LML are access to seawater and research space. Researchers appointed and affiliated with LML can utilize the services issued through the lab that include but are not limited to the following:

• 14 outdoor seawater pools, including two quarantine pools
• Outdoor tank farm for holding small invertebrates
• 1,000-gallon-per-minute seawater delivery system, wet and dry labs, and staff support
• Temperature-controlled seawater delivery system to the outdoor tank farm
• Seawater laboratories for fish, plankton, and marine invertebrates
• Culture lab for fish and marine invertebrate larvae and juveniles
• Controlled photoperiod labs
• Scientific diving instruction and certification program
• Small boat instruction and motorized boat certification program
• Diver locker, equipment, and Nitrox gas fill station
• Filtered seawater fill station
• Reverse Osmosis fill station
• Conference and classroom spaces
• Research lab space and multi-use lab space
• Wood Shop
• Machine Shop
• Volunteer opportunities for undergraduates with marine mammal and marine sciences programs
• Aquatic diving volunteer opportunities
• Access to federal/state research advisors within the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), UCSC Natural Reserve System (NRS), and USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMS)
• Office, lab, and shared research working space access
• General administrative support (mail, delivery, space, communication, human resources, compliance)
• Facilities management (building maintenance and repair, research project support)

CONTACT: Ashley Vizurraga, Assistant Director Institute of Marine Sciences, LML Managing Director

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is the public education component of the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory and Coastal Science Campus. The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is dedicated to educating the public about marine science research and ocean conservation. It replicates the look and feel of a working marine laboratory, with hands-on exhibits that feature the everyday tools of scientific exploration. Visitors learn about the types of questions scientists ask and get a glimpse of the processes that generate insights and understanding. The goal is to instill in visitors a deep and lasting appreciation of the role research plays in understanding and protecting the world's oceans.

Highlights include Ms. Blue—the world's largest displayed whale skeleton, exhibit hall and aquarium, guided tours, educational programs tailored for students of all ages, and an array of specialty offerings that focus on different aspects of marine sciences. The 16,000-square-foot Seymour Center houses 14 major aquarium tanks and a large seawater touch tank, a shark pool, three exhibit areas, wet and dry laboratories for K-12 programs, a university wet teaching lab, and a large auditorium. More than 250 active volunteers, including community members and UCSC student interns, assist with the educational program at the Seymour Center in every way.

Lg Discovery 128 (lab room) is also at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center

CONTACT: Cameron Ohlson(cmohlson@ucsc.edu), Visitor Experience Manager

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