Recent ims items

Identifying Pathways to Distributive Equity in Ocean Access and Area-Based Marine Management in Central California

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

California’s ocean and coasts are central to the state’s identity, economy, and the everyday wellbeing of its residents. Yet access to and benefits from these areas and ecosystems remain deeply unequal. Despite mandates to ensure public access and enhance opportunities for livelihoods, recreation, and education, the regional mosaic of ocean health, amenities, and engagement continues to be influenced by historical policies of exclusion, uneven investment and regulatory enforcement, and ongoing coastal gentrification. In this report, we examine how marine governance approaches (including the state’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) network) can better align ecological objectives with distributive, procedural, and recognitional equity. As part of a participatory and community-engaged research approach, we partnered with local organizations dedicated to advancing environmental justice and promoting ocean literacy to investigate a) how access, activities, values, and benefits from the...

Quantifying the Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Mon, 5 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Coastal habitat restoration, especially of coral reef ecosystems, can significantly reduce the exposure of coastal communities to natural hazards and, consequently, the risk of wave-driven flooding. Likewise, reef degradation can increase coastal flood risks to people and property. In this study, the valuation of coral reefs in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), along the coasts of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, demonstrated the social and economic benefits provided by these natural defenses. Across the territory, more than 481 people and $31.2 million of infrastructure were estimated to receive protection from coral reefs per year (2010 U.S. dollars). In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria significantly damaged coral reefs throughout the archipelago. By combining engineering, ecological, geospatial, social, and economic data and tools, this study provided a rigorous valuation of where potential coral reef restoration projects could help rebuild these damaged habitats...

Nature-Based Solutions & Risk Management: Recommendations for Integrating Nature into Risk Science & Insurance

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Nature-Based Solutions & Risk Management: Recommendations for Integrating Nature into Risk Science & Insurance

Integrating Nature into Risk Science and Insurance: A Coastal Resilience Symposium

Mon, 5 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Integrating Nature into Risk Science and Insurance: A Coastal Resilience Symposium

A horizontal permeable reactive barrier stimulates nitrate removaland shifts microbial ecology during rapid infiltration for managedrecharge

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A horizontal permeable reactive barrier stimulates nitrate removaland shifts microbial ecology during rapid infiltration for managedrecharge

Bibliographia Nudibranchia Third Online Edition

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Bibliographia Nudibranchia Third Online Edition

Nudibranch Systematic Index Third Online Edition

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Nudibranch Systematic Index Third Online Edition

Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This is an index of my approximately 7,000 nudibranch reprints and books. I have indexed them only for information concerning systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, & description of taxa. This list should allow you to quickly find information concerning the description, taxonomy, or systematics of almost any species of nudibranch. The full citation for any of the authors and dates listed may be found in the nudibranch bibliography at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ims/Bibliographia_Nudibranchia_second_edition/

Bibliographia Nudibranchia, second edition

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This bibliography attempts to list all publications which mention nudibranchs, with the exception of textbooks of invertebrate zoology

Nudibranch Systematic Index

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This is an index of my approximately 6,200 nudibranch reprints and books. I have indexed them only for information concerning systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, & description of taxa. This list should allow you to quickly find information concerning the description, taxonomy, or systematics of almost any species of nudibranch. The full citation for any of the authors and dates listed may be found in the nudibranch bibliography at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ims/Bibliographia_Nudibranchia/.

Bibliographia Nudibranchia

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This bibliography attempts to list all publications which mention nudibranchs, with the exception of textbooks of invertebrate zoology