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      MBARI creates and globally scales the visionary technologies required to explore, map, and understand our changing ocean.

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      Resources for educators, students, and anyone aspiring to learn how science and technology brings us closer to the ocean.

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      • EARTH Curriculum

        Integrate MBARI data with lesson plans and workshops.

      • Animals of the Deep

        Discover deep-sea critters, including exclusive footage and info.

      • Know Your Ocean

        Dive into topics about ocean health and its fascinating features.

      • Deep-Sea Guide

        Explore deep-sea observations with this interactive guide.

      • Library

        Learn about the MLML/MBARI Research Library at SJSU.

      • More Resources

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      MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research center advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.

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      • Strategic Roadmap

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MBARI researchers conduct research on a variety of projects to better understand our changing ocean. Our scientists and engineers collaborate to build cutting-edge tools that are transforming how we observe, monitor, and interact with the ocean.

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Age and Growth Studies

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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

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Baleen Whale Behavioral Ecology

Integrating passive acoustic monitoring of baleen whales with other methods of observing whales, their environment, and their prey.

Behavior Studies

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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.

Blue Whale Observatory

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Blue Whale Observatory

Exploring the behavioral ecology of Earth’s largest animal species—the blue whale—and the krill that sustain them.

Coral Reef Metabolism

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Coral Reef Metabolism

Developing autonomous systems to measure coral reef metabolism.

Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Community Studies

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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.

Detecting Episodic Export Events

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Detecting Episodic Export Events

Ecology of Marine Snow

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Ecology of Marine Snow

Food Web Dynamics

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Food Web Dynamics

Explaining the complex structure and functioning of the deep-sea food web off Central California.

Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) in Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Bay

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Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) in Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Bay

The Land-Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) consists of robust moorings that can withstand tidal currents and weather.

Lost Shipping Container Studies

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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

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Midwater Time Series

Providing specific data to investigate the natural and climate-change-caused variability of oceanic communities at depths below the mixed layer.

Ocean Noise

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Ocean Noise

Anthropogenic noise can have far reaching effects on the health of marine life. This project examines anthropogenic noise in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Open Acoustic Data

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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).

Respiration Studies

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Respiration Studies

Investigating the ecological effects of Central California’s expanding oxygen minimum zone (OMZ).

Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM)

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Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM)

SOCCOM is an NSF-sponsored program focused on unlocking the mysteries of the Southern Ocean and determining its influence on climate.

The Octopus Garden

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The Octopus Garden

Octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) breeding at deep-sea hydrothermal springs at the base of Davidson Seamount are a current focus of ecological research.

Understanding the Effects of a Changing Ocean

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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

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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.

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