EcoViz:SEP Vision

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The following represents a Vision for Ecosystem Science and Visualization (EcoViz) within the Monterey Bay region held by a collaboration at the Division of Science and Environmental Policy (SEP) at CSUMB.

Founding principles

Watersheds and coastal waters are connected.

Southern Monterey Bay is a living laboratory.

... Could write a paragraph of grandiose big-picture text here ...

Geographic scope

Generally: From Big Sur to Monterey Bay

More specifically: Pt Lobos, Carmel Bay, Southern Monterey Bay, Elkhorn Slough

Topics, Questions, and Postulates

Nutrients

Question: What are the fate and consequences of watershed-borne nutrients in the Monterey Bay environment?

Postulates: The consequences may include an influence on algal blooms in the bay.

Fires

Question: ...

Postulates: ...

Sea-level rise

Question: ...

Question: ...

Postulates: ...

=== Urban runoff

Question: ...

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Postulates: ...


Links

EcoViz:SEP Timeline

EcoViz:SEP Focus Sites

EcoViz:SEP Projects

Tarsier Environmental Modeling Software Framework