Tidewater gobies live in estuarine habitats in brackish water and are dispersed down the california coast through the breaching of the lagoons they live in. Adult gobies are able ti survive many different habitat conditions including fresh water AND salt water which allows them to get swept into the ocean and get back into estuary habitats. The Goby is an endangered species mostly due to how the eggs and larvae CANT survive in these changing conditions, lagoon breachings that occur too early wreak havoc upon goby populations, as well as other environmental conditions that are affecting the populations including non-native predators and native predators.

Our research is conducted using seine nets to catch the Tidewater Gobies that we will be assessing at Ormond State Beach and other locations along the California coast, from Los Angeles County to San Luis Obispo County. 

We will be focusing only on assessing the presence and abundance of the Tidewater Gobies and what environmental conditions are around us at each of the study locations.