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The Oregon Coast Aquarium partners with several other organizations on community science projects. Community science involves public participation and collaboration in the gathering and understanding of scientific data. The world is a complex, changing place and there are a limited number of scientists collecting the data we need to understand it. By working with trained citizen scientists, we expand our understanding of the environment and human impacts on it.
Working with of Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve
Documenting species composition of the wrackline. We are interested in any changes in subaquatic vegetation and episodic incidents such as pyrosomes washing ashore.
Monitoring invasive green crabs, which are spreading with warming waters.
Documenting changes in seasonality of key coastal plant species within the “fog belt” of the coast, as well as temperature and precipitation. We are interested in changes in weather conditions and their impacts on seasonal cycles of plants.
