CSUCI’s Project ACCESO Summer Research Institute provides small teams of students an opportunity to conduct research with CI faculty in the STEM disciplines.
Our Summer Research Institute Team, comprising ESRM faculty and CI and Community College Undergraduates explores human, biotic and abiotic factors influencing sandy beach infaunal and bird communities along the Southern California Coast.
Training
Human Subjects Training for surveys – Please print your certificate as a pdf and upload to the shared google drive folder here
Background Information and Readings
Coastal Clash (video) General introduction to coastal issues in Southern California, particularly issues of coastal access.
Ecology:
Beaches as habitat (video, skip to 4m40s to start)
Parasite infection and sand crab burrowing time
Coastal Geomorphology:
Littoral Cells, Sand Budgets and Beaches
Links to Previous Posters
WSN poster 2014 final draft.pptx
CSUCI Summer Institute 2013 Sandy Beach-Birds(small)
CSUCI Summer Institute 2013 Sandy Beach-Geomorphology(small)
CSUCI Summer Institute 2013 Sandy Beach-Inverts(small)
CSUCI Summer Institute 2013 Sandy Beach-Overview(small)