Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Location
Southern California Bight, Point Conception to US-Mexico
border
Summary
Collected 388 surface grab samples.
Info derived
Samples for special study of foraminifera within the Southern California Bight: impact of toxicity on their distribution and the present location of an invasive species (Trochammina hadai Uchio).
Comments
Regional biomonitoring program conducted every 5 years.
Results of a survey of samples collected from 1930 to 2024 along the west coast of the United States from Alaska to San Diego, California as well as Honolulu, Hawaii for the presence of the Asian nonindigenous benthic foraminifera Trochammina hadai.
