Join us as we hear from Dr. Andrew DeVogelaere, Research Ecologist, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA, Adjunct Research Faculty, California State University Monterey Bay, Research Affiliate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Dr. DeVogelaere oversees the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's Research Program. This includes facilitating collaboration among over 20 research institutions in the region, providing technical information to decision makers and the Sanctuary staff, and initiating research on resource management issues. Dr De Vogelaere’s research interests include, 

• Ocean observatories and monitoring to assess natural and human caused changes in Sanctuary ecosystems.

• Deep-sea coral restoration and natural history

• Impacts of lost shipping containers in the deep-sea

• Applying science to marine resource management

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