2017 "From Shore to Sea" Archived Lecture Videos

Please note that there was no December lecture in 2017.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 8 minutes, 22 seconds

Marine biologist and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) professor Dr. Gretchen Hofmann discussed how marine organisms in the Santa Barbara Channel are adapting to a changing ocean environment, during the January From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 7 minutes, 3 seconds

San Diego State University Associate Professor of Anthropology Todd Braje used the northern Channel Islands as a case study to explore the history of Chinese abalone fishing in southern California during the February From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

55 minutes, 57 seconds

Westmont College Assistant Professor of Biology Amanda Sparkman discussed new research on the evolution of dwarfism in Channel Islands reptiles, during the March From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 12 minutes, 1 second

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Douglas McCauley discussed new research on how human activities may be impacting the resilience of our oceans, during the April From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) PhD candidate Lindsay Marks discussed new research on the spread and ecology of the invasive seaweed Sargassum horneri in southern California.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 21 minutes, 29 seconds

During the June From Shore to Sea lecture, John Gherini, great-great-grandson of Santa Cruz Island ranch owner Justinian Caire, shared images and stories of Santa Cruz Island from his recently published the two-volume Santa Cruz Island: An Illustrated History.

 

Duration:

1 hour, 28 minutes, 24 seconds

Cascadia Research senior biologist John Calambokidis discussed his work examining the trends of populations of blue, fin, humpback, and gray whales in southern California during the July From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

57 minutes, 9 seconds

San Miguel Island Ranger Ian Williams chronicled over forty years of ranger experiences on the most remote and northernmost of the Channel Islands, San Miguel Island, during the August From Shore to Sea lecture.

 

Duration:

56 minutes, 24 seconds

For the September From Shore to Sea lecture Dr. Pamela Yochem discussed the role and significance of marine mammals in spreading influenza viruses that may pose a risk to human health.

 

Duration:

42 minutes, 41 seconds

For the October From Shore to Sea lecture Dr. Erin Rankin discussed new findings on how the variable diet of the island subspecies of Allen’s hummingbird may have contributed to its unique non-migratory behavior.

 

Duration:

52 minutes, 57 seconds

Dr. Peter Sharpe discussed the remarkable recovery of peregrine falcons on the California Channel Islands during the November From Shore to Sea lecture.