Abalone | Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute & Bodega Marine Laboratory

Investigating Ocean Toxicity with Evan Tjeerdema, Marine and Coastal Sciences Undergrad

Evan Tjeerdema spent the summer at Bodega Marine Laboratory, participating in both of the facility’s summer sessions. While there, he took classes like environmental toxicology and conducted two research projects: He studied the effects of environmental toxins on crab lavae and on predator-prey interactions using red abalone and starfish.

Environmental Toxicology

Abalone Collapse with Kelp Forests

The giant sea snails, which eat seaweed and kelp, have been left with little to eat after the North Coast's kelp forests collapsed during the past three years. Now, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of abalone are dead or starving.