Experience
Ichthyology

MBC scientists have conducted over 175 studies of marine fishes. Adult fish sampling has been conducted in coastal, harbor and estuarine habitats using gill nets, otter trawls, beach seines, and purse seines. Sampling gear is selected based on life history stages of the target species. Growth, trophic, and reproductive studies have been conducted on adult fish.

MBC has also conducted several major ichthyoplankton studies, one for the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, which covered the entire Southern California Bight. MBC has collected adult and larval fishes from the vicinity of a crude oil spill off Huntington Beach. These studies included sampling of larval populations in coastal, harbor, and estuarine environments, using stratified sampling of the water column with surface, mid-water, and bottom nets. MBC has also performed several large-scale, intake sampling programs for Southern California Edison Company to estimate larval entrainment losses. Such experience has established MBC as one of the most competent ichthyoplankton taxonomy and intake sampling groups on the West Coast.

Benthic Biology | Adult, Juvenile, and Larval Fish Studies | Kelp Bed Biology | Wetlands
Marine Birds & Mammals | Water Quality & Physical Oceanography