Long Marine Laboratory

	Aerial of Long Marine Lab (Lezin)

Long Marine Laboratory (LML) is an oceanside research facility located on a coastal site overlooking Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The lab provides facilities for scientists who require running seawater, large marine mammal pools, and seawater labs to conduct their research. The close proximity of the lab permits ease of integration of activities with the campus' instructional and research activities.

• Directions to LML & the Seymour Center
• Directions to LML & the Seymour Center (if you are coming from the North)

Approximately 100 UC Santa Cruz faculty, researchers, graduate students, and support staff have permanent space here. In addition, a number of undergraduate and graduate-level courses are taught onsite, and several visiting scientists are accommodated each year.

Long Marine Laboratory is known throughout the marine research community for innovative marine mammal research in areas such as diving physiology, physiological ecology, bioacoustics, and cognition. Active research at the lab is also conducted in the areas of nearshore invertebrate marine biology, ecology, and issues surrounding ocean health. Available facilities includes:

• Outdoor seawater pools and pens for holding pinnipeds, sea otters, and small cetaceans
• Seawater laboratories for fish, plankton, and marine invertebrates
• Radioisotope labs
• Culture lab for fish and marine invertebrate larvae and juveniles
• Controlled photoperiod labs
• Plankton culture labs
• Research scuba-diving facility and small boat staging area
• Meteorological station
• Remote sensing surface current station (CODAR) in cooperation with NOAA
• 1,000-gallon-per-minute seawater delivery system, wet and dry labs, and staff support
  
  

Also apart of the Long Marine Laboratory is the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, the lab's public education facility that focuses on interpreting marine research. For more information about the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, please [click here]

Other facilities housed at Long Marine Laboratory are the following:

• CA Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care & Research Center (MWVCRC)
• Island Conservation
• NOAA/NMFS Santa Cruz Lab - Fisheries Ecology Division
• SC Predatory Bird Research Group
• Global Marine Initiative of The Nature Conservancy

Long Marine Laboratory celebrated it 25th anniversary in 2003, click here to check out the Long Marine Laboratory timeline.

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