News
Congratulations to graduate students Mei Blundell and Gabby Yang for receiving Bilinski Fellowships on their kelp restoration-related work!
Press releases on the grant:
Publications and Other Outputs
Publications:
- Fisher, M.C., M.L. Baskett, A.C. Baker, A. Kidd, M.R. Springborn, T.A. Scott (2025). Preparing regulation for climate resilient restoration: Learning from emerging technologies. Conservation Letters, 18(4): e13128. full paper and management-relevant summary.
- Speiser, W. H., & Largier, J. L. (2024). High-Resolution Nearshore Sea Surface Temperature from Calibrated Landsat Brightness Data. Remote Sensing, 16(23), 4477.
- Arroyo‐Esquivel, J., Adams, R., Gravem, S., Whippo, R., Randell, Z., Hodin, J., Galloway, A.W., Gaylord, B. and Baskett, M.L. (2024). Multiple resiliency metrics reveal complementary drivers of ecosystem persistence: An application to kelp forest systems. Ecology, 105(12), e4453: full paper and management-relevant summary.
- Speiser, W. H., & Largier, J. L. (2024). Long-term observations of the turbid outflow plume from the Russian River, California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 309, 108942.
Theses:
- Enevoldson, J. (2024). Assessing community perspectives to inform kelp forest restoration and management: The case of Mendocino Coast, California. Masters Thesis. Cal Poly Humboldt.
- Jackson, D. (2025). Investigating the refugial river mouth hypothesis: assessing the effects of low salinity conditions on the microscopic life stages of Nereocystis Leutkeana. Masters Thesis. Cal Poly Humboldt.
- Moitoza, F. (2025). Benthic community structure changes in Northern California following a marine heatwave. Masters Thesis. Cal Poly Humboldt.
- Speiser, W.H. (2024). Resolving the Nearshore: Remote Sensing and Data Driven Analysis of Fine-Scale Mixing, Turbidity, and Sea Surface Temperature of the Ocean off Northern California. PhD Thesis. UC Davis.
Human Dimensions of the Kelp Ecosystem on the Mendocino Coast: A Policy Brief
Access a presentation by lead PI Marissa Baskett on models applied to kelp forest systems.
Access ...all dripping in tangles green…, a music and dance interpretation of kelp decline and restoration by Mei Blundell, funded by the Bilinski Fellowship at BML.
