Los Angeles Urban Ocean Expedition 2019
Citation
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles Urban Ocean Expedition 2019 https://doi.org/10.15468/j8hz95 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
In 2019 (late August to early September), the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County led a two-week expedition to the urban ocean waters of the Los Angeles region to improve our knowledge of Southern California marine biodiversity. This program brought together the best taxonomists and local collectors in an internationally recognized, intensive methodology to collect, live-identify, curate, and DNA barcode as many species as possible. The pop-up marine science lab at AltaSea processed fresh samples from research ships and live specimens from SCUBA divers. A team of leading taxonomists assembled for the event sorted, identified, and sampled specimens for genetic analysis, all day, every day. This also was a wonderful opportunity for the public to take a peek into a major marine research program being carried out at the coast of a major urban center. The Los Angeles Urban Ocean Expedition was a program of the Marine Biodiversity Center at the Natural History Museum.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Coastal waters of greater Los Angeles area (intertidal to 400 m).Sampling
Van Veen grabs, otter trawl, SCUBA, hand dredge, hand, and some shore collecting.Quality Control
On-site taxonomic expertise performing determinations on live specimens. Determinations were supplemented by off-site identifications of preserved materials by domain experts.Method steps
- Darwin core export from the collection management system.
Taxonomic Coverages
Marine macro-invertebrates: 15 phyla; about half identified to species, an additional quarter to genus, the remainder identified to family or higher order ranks.
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Animaliarank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Coastal waters of greater Los Angeles area (intertidal to 400 m), Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, United States of America
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Regina Wetzeroriginator
position: Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +1-213-763-3386
email: rwetzer@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150
Jenessa Wall
originator
position: Assistant Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6136-6734
Adam Wall
originator
position: Collections Manager, Crustacea
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
email: awall@nhm.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-6757
N. Dean Pentcheff
originator
position: DISCO Project Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
email: dpentche@nhm.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-3941
Kathy Omura
originator
position: Collections Manager, Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +1-213-763-3386
email: komura@nhm.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6975-7647
Leslie Harris
originator
position: Collections Manager, Polychaetes
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
email: lharris@nhm.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-543X
Regina Wetzer
metadata author
position: Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +1-213-763-3386
email: rwetzer@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150
Regina Wetzer
administrative point of contact
position: Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles
90007
California
US
Telephone: +1-213-763-3386
email: rwetzer@nhm.org
homepage: https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150