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Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Moss Landing Marine Laboratories rather than just read about it. In short: The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) is a multi-campus marine research consortium of the California State University System, headquartered at Moss Landing, California. Organization Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is part of the California State University, administered by San Jose State University (SJSU), and located in Moss Landing, California.

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Reference excerpt

The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) is a multi-campus marine research consortium of the California State University System, headquartered at Moss Landing, California.

Organization Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is part of the California State University, administered by San Jose State University (SJSU), and located in Moss Landing, California. The main building is located at 8272 Moss Landing Road, 36.79441°N 121.78762°W / 36.79441; -121.78762. It was established in 1966. At the midpoint of the coast of Monterey Bay, it is only a few hundred meters from Monterey Canyon, the largest undersea canyon on the west coast of the Americas. The facility is a sea grant college which offers a Master of Science degree in marine sciences through the seven universities that make up the consortium, as well as graduate and undergraduate marine science courses for students on the campuses. The seven members of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories consortium are:

California State University, East Bay California State University, Fresno California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Sacramento San Francisco State University San Jose State University California State University, Stanislaus Researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories also collaborate with scientists at other institutions to analyse marine chemistry and marine species. One frequent partner in such collaborations is the Marine Mammal Center.

Research vessels MLML operates two vessels, the 56-foot (17 m) R/V John H. Martin, and the 30-foot (9.1 m) R/V Sheila B.

Sea Grant Moss Landing Marine Laboratories participates in the Sea Grant Colleges program by hosting an office of the UC Sea Grant Extension Program, affiliated with the University of California, San Diego.

Projects The Submersible Capable of Under Ice Navigation and Imaging was a National Science Foundation funded research project for robotic undersea ice surveying and exploration in Antarctica from 2007 through 2009. The Vertical Transport and Exchange of Ocean Particulate program (VERTEX) was initiated by Moss Landing Marine Labs in 1981 under the supervision of Dr. John Martin. This project resulted in the development of the iron fertilization theory (then known as the iron hypothesis), which contends that iron is a limiting factor for phytoplankton production in high-nutrient low-chlorophyll (HNLC) zones. Martin was dubbed the "Iron Man" for his role in this discovery.

See also Alliance for Coastal Technologies Hatfield Marine Science Center, a research facility associated with the Oregon State University and located in Newport, Oregon Hopkins Marine Station, a research facility run by Stanford University in Monterey, California John Martin (oceanographer) Marine Mammal Center Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a research facility associated with the University of California, San Diego and located in La Jolla, California Southern California Marine Institute Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a research facility located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts

References

External links Moss Landing Marine Laboratories website Moss Landing Marine Laboratories blog

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biological research institutes in the United States, California State University, Laboratories in California, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) is a multi-campus marine research consortium of the California State University System, headquartered at Moss Landing, California. Organization Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is part of the California State University, administered by San Jose State Uni…

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