2009 "From Shore to Sea" Archived Lecture Videos

 

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• January: Air—The Search for One Clean Breath

  

  During the January “From Shore to Sea” lectures, Barbara Page of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District(VCAPCD) introduced "Air—The Search for One Clean Breath" and lead a discussion following the film’s showing.

  Credit/ Author:

  Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

  Date created:

  2009-01-14

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  chis-January2009STS.mp4 157474 KB

 

February: Survival Strategies of Open water Fishes

NOTE: This lecture was not recorded.

 

• March: New Approaches to Understanding Kelp Forest Ecosystem Health

  

  Research biologist, Dr. Anne Salomon was the featured speaker at the “From Shore to Sea” March lecture. Salomon presented her research on animal interactions in California kelp forest communities and how these dynamics change inside and outside Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the Northern Channel Islands.

  Credit/ Author:

  Dr. Anne Salomon, research biologist, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC

  Date created:

  2009-03-11

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  chis-March2009STS.mp4 95144 KB

 

• April: Prisoners Harbor Wetland Restoration Project

  

  Restoration ecologist with Channel Islands National Park, Paula Power, was the featured speaker at the “From Shore to Sea” April lecture. Power discussed the proposal to restore a portion of the historic coastal wetland and associated stream channel at Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island. 

  Credit/ Author:

  Paula Power, Channel Islands National Park

  Date created:

  2009-04-15

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  chis-April2009STS.mp4 61225 KB

 

• May: New Insights into Blue and Humpback Whales off Southern California

  

  Research biologist, John Calambokidis, discused his work tracking the movements and estimating the populations of blue and humpback whales in the North Pacific at the May “From Shore to Sea” lecture.

  Credit/ Author:

  John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research

  Date created:

  2009-05-13

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  chis-May2009STS.mp4 125535 KB

 

June - September: These lectures were not recorded.

 

• October: Sea Otters: Indicators of Our Ocean's Health

  

  During the October “From Shore to Sea” lectures, Greg Sanders, a senior biologist with Minerals Management Service, shared some of his favorite sea otter tales while offering information on how sea otters are an indicator of our ocean’s health.

  Credit/ Author:

  Greg Sanders, senior biologist with Minerals Management Service

  Date created:

  2009-10-07

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  chis-October2009STS.mp4 112088 KB

 

• November: Who Were the First People to Live on San Nicolas Island?

  

  Steve Schwartz, U.S. Navy senior archaeologist and historian, discussed the intriguing question of who were the first people to live on San Nicolas Island during the November “From Shore to Sea” lectures.
  

  Credit/ Author:

  Steve Schwartz, U.S. Navy senior archaeologist and historian

  Date created:

  2010-11-11

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  chis-November2009STSversion2.mp4 184593 KB

 

• December: Exploring Sunken Wrecks Around the Channel Islands

  

  During the December “From Shore to Sea” lecture, sanctuary and park cultural resource experts Robert Schwemmer and Kelly Minas discussed current research about historic shipwrecks and submerged airplanes around the islands.

  Credit/ Author:

  Robert Schwemmer, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and Kelly Minas, Channel Islands National Park

  Date created:

  2009-12-09

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  chis-December2009STS.mp4 179226 KB