Award Period
to
Award Amount
$425,256
Agency Name
Oregon State University
Award Number
F1066C-C
PI First Name
Jennifer
PI Last Name
Caselle
CO-PI
Carol Blanchette
Libe Washburn
MSI People
Area/s of Research
Ecology and Evolution
Abstract
Established in 1999, PISCO is a long-term scientific program led by scientists from four Universities including the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The core contributions of PISCO are:
- Conduct long-term and large-scale studies to understand the functioning of the coastal marine ecosystem along the U.S. west coast,
- Focus on the biological and oceanographic drivers of rocky intertidal and kelp forest ecosystems,
- Contribute science-based information that is relevant to important ocean policy decisions,
- Engage with natural resource agencies and boundary organizations to ensure that this knowledge informs wise policy and management decisions regarding the marine environment,
- Train and mentor university students in interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to policy‐relevant science, and
- Share the results of long term monitoring and experiments broadly through web-based data portals, scientific journals, and other formats that are usable by a wide variety of resource managers, policy makers and the public.