Invasive Species | Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute

Kyumin Kim

PhD Student
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

UC Davis Main Campus

Two people standing waist deep in water that has rocks jutting out of it.

Field Work in Marine Biology

by Sahil Prasad
August 17, 2022

Student Perspectives

Sahil Prasad is in his final year at Santa Rosa Junior College majoring in Biology and intending to pursue a career in medicine.

This summer I had the opportunity of working with my mentor Angela Korabik on a variety of different projects.

A shallow bay area with green algae visible on the water and small cages set out at intervals

Invasive Species and Climate Change Impact Coastal Estuaries

by Kat Kerlin
May 06, 2022

Featured Research

Native species in California’s estuaries are expected to experience greater declines as invasive species interact with climate change, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

The study, published in the Ecological Society of America’s journal, Ecology, said these declines are expected not only because of climate-related stressors, but also because of the expanding influence of new invasive predators whose impacts are occurring much farther up the estuary.

Amelie Segarra. Image is of a person wearing jeans and a sweater and a blue backpack, standing on a rocky ledge with a sweeping expanse of evergreens in the background.

Amelie Segarra, Ph.D

School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

UC Davis

When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back with a Vengeance

March 15, 2021

Featured Research

When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back with a Vengeance

Lessons from a Failed Experiment Mark New Way Forward

Written by Kat Kerlin

Some invasive species targeted for total eradication bounce back with a vengeance, especially in aquatic systems, finds a study led by the University of California, Davis.

Fernanda Valdovinos

Associate Professor
Environmental Science and Policy

UC Davis Main Campus

Where has all the bull kelp gone?

by Jordan Hollarsmith
September 11, 2018

Student Perspectives

Under the unseasonably warm June sun with the Seattle Space Needle as our reference point, Dr. Jamey Selleck and I don our thick wetsuits. The air may be warm, but the water is still frigid. Our small boat bobs in the water as our captain, Brian Allen, scans our surroundings.

“Nothing.” He remarks with resignation.

We sigh, finish connecting our hoses and checking our gauges, then plunge into the icy water.

Salt Marsh Restoration following Eradication of Spartina

Much of the Grosholz Lab's recent work over the last several years has involved measuring the community and ecosystem impacts of the invasive salt marsh cordgrass Spartina on a broad range of organisms from primary producers to shorebirds in San Francisco Bay. This has been a collaborative project funded by the National Science Foundation (CNH Coupled Natural and Human Systems).

NSF Supported Non-Indigenous/Invasive Species and Pathogen Facility

The Bodega Marine Laboratory non-indigenous/pathogen facility and effluent treatment system was established in 2014 and supports non-indigenous and invasive species research. The facility enables scientists and students the ability to investigate introduced/invasive species as well as pathogens that are the basis for emerging diseases and changing biodiversity.

For more information about these facilities, please contact BML.

Climate Change and Biological Invasions

Increasingly, Ted Grosholz's research is addressing the interaction between climate change and biological invasions. As the result of participation in an NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis) working group on climate change and invasive species, he has continued his collaborative work on synthetic analyses of climate change impacts on the invasion process that began with participation in an NCEAS working group on climate change and invasive species.