To meet the challenges of marine conservation, the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) was established at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in May 2001. Its goals are:

Investigation: Assess the state of marine ecosystems now and in the past and develop predictive models for the future
Education: Train new marine biodiversity and conservation scientists in the United States and around the world
Integration: Develop novel interdisciplinary approaches linking the biological, physical, social and informatic sciences
Communication: Increase public understanding of scientific issues and provide sound scientific analyses to policy makers
Application: Design technically sophisticated, regionally appropriate strategies to prevent and reverse biodiversity collapse

Dr. Lisa Levin, Director
http://cmbc.ucsd.edu
cmbc@ucsd.edu

Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

Multiple "stable"states and the conervation of marine ecosystems