Acoustic Community Ecology Project Acoustic Community Ecology Acoustical analysis of different layers of animals in our ocean.
Acoustic Fingerprinting Project Acoustic Fingerprinting Matching acoustic signatures to animals by cataloging the signatures of organisms like fish, squid, and gelatinous creatures.
Age and Growth Studies Project Age and Growth Studies Studying the pace of life of deep-sea animals to better understand their recovery rates and resilience.
Baleen Whale Behavioral Ecology Project Baleen Whale Behavioral Ecology Integrating passive acoustic monitoring of baleen whales with other methods of observing whales, their environment, and their prey.
Behavior Studies Project Behavior Studies Behavior patterns of deep-sea animals have long been a subject of mystery and speculation. Because of access provided by MBARI’s ROVs, detailed observations of the behavior of these animals have become possible for the first time.
Biological Response to Upwelling in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems Project Biological Response to Upwelling in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems Developing satellite-based products to investigate what drives biological productivity in productive upwelling systems around the world—from phytoplankton to ecosystems.
Coral Reef Metabolism Project Coral Reef Metabolism Developing autonomous systems to measure coral reef metabolism.
Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Project Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies Studies of deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems at Sur Ridge and Davidson Seamount focus on oceanographic and biological factors influencing their diversity and abundance.
Food Web Dynamics Project Food Web Dynamics Explaining the complex structure and functioning of the deep-sea food web off Central California.
Integrated View of Surface-to-Seafloor Biological Communities Project Integrated View of Surface-to-Seafloor Biological Communities Integrating time series of surface, midwater, and benthic communities to identify processes connecting them with each other and with environmental variability.
Large-Scale Climate Variability and Impacts on Biology Project Large-Scale Climate Variability and Impacts on Biology Utilizing global satellite products to study global physical and biological variability from interannual to decadal scales, and the processes connecting them.
Lost Shipping Container Studies Project Lost Shipping Container Studies An estimated 10,000 shipping containers fall from ships each year, ultimately sinking to the seafloor where their ecological effects are largely unknown.
Midwater Time Series Project Midwater Time Series Providing specific data to investigate the natural and climate-change-caused variability of oceanic communities at depths below the mixed layer.
Octopus Garden Project Octopus Garden MBARI research and technology have revealed that thermal springs at the base of Davidson Seamount are an important nursery for the deep-sea pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus).
Open Acoustic Data Project Open Acoustic Data Enabling global open access to MBARI’s passive acoustic monitoring data and associated analysis tools, through a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Piscivore Project Piscivore MBARI’s Piscivore camera system uses underwater robots to observe ocean predators and their dynamic surroundings.
Respiration Studies Project Respiration Studies Investigating the ecological effects of Central California’s expanding oxygen minimum zone (OMZ).
Understanding the Effects of a Changing Ocean Project Understanding the Effects of a Changing Ocean Focusing on how marine animals will respond to shifting ocean conditions caused by climate change and other human activities.
Vertical Migration Studies Project Vertical Migration Studies Vertically migrating animals comprise a large and active component of the ocean’s biological pump, and when compared with passively sinking detritus, the vertical migrators contribute significantly to the overall flux of particulate organic carbon.