Research & Development

Research & Development

CC&R works with collaborators in academic, government, non-profit and private institutions to conduct research and development.

  • Water quality improvement using treatment wetlands and bioreactors
  • Development of floating coastal infrastructure for habitat and erosion control with colleagues at the California College of the Arts’ Architectural Ecologies Lab
  • Condition assessment of estuarine Marine Protected Areas
  • Riparian assessment tools validation
  • Benthic macrofaunal community descriptions
  • Anthropogenic and natural impacts to benthic macrofauna
  • Long term ecological database creation and maintenance
Cleaning the treatment chambers in a bioreactor.
Cleaning the treatment chambers in a bioreactor.
The Float Lab, developed with California College of the Arts' Architectural Ecology Lab, to study how to optimize marine habitats on floating infrastructure.
The Float Lab, developed with California College of the Arts' Architectural Ecology Lab, to study how to optimize marine habitats on floating infrastructure.
Erecting a sign to mark the location of the Castroville Slough Treatment Wetland and Bioreactor.
Erecting a sign to mark the location of the Castroville Slough Treatment Wetland and Bioreactor.
Evaluating invertebrate recruitment on experimental surfaces at the Presidio in San Francisco in collaboration with California College of the Arts' Architectural Ecologies Lab.
Evaluating invertebrate recruitment on experimental surfaces at the Presidio in San Francisco in collaboration with California College of the Arts' Architectural Ecologies Lab.
Deploying a remotely operated vehicle under the ice in Antarctica to study the effects of iceberg scour on benthic organisms.
Deploying a remotely operated vehicle under the ice in Antarctica to study the effects of iceberg scour on benthic organisms.
Testing different experimental substrates in a bioreactor.
Testing different experimental substrates in a bioreactor.
A barn owl, Tyto alba, perched on a bench at a restoration site. The bench honors our friend and colleague Melanie Mayer Gideon, who passed away in 2013.
A barn owl, Tyto alba, perched on a bench at a restoration site. The bench honors our friend and colleague Melanie Mayer Gideon, who passed away in 2013.
Breaking ground at a new restoration site.
Breaking ground at a new restoration site.
Tidy tips, Layia platyglossa, a native California wildflower.
Tidy tips, Layia platyglossa, a native California wildflower.
Creating a photo quadrat for measuring invertebrate densities on experimental substrates in the Presidio in San Francisco Bay.
Creating a photo quadrat for measuring invertebrate densities on experimental substrates in the Presidio in San Francisco Bay.
Testing circulation patterns in the bioreactor using fluorescent dye as a tracer.
Testing circulation patterns in the bioreactor using fluorescent dye as a tracer.
Diving under the ice in Antarctica to study long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on the benthic infaunal community.
Diving under the ice in Antarctica to study long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on the benthic infaunal community.
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