See System Science Applications software in use now. All exhibits are in real-time.

With support from the state of California, we have developed for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission a web based information system for the Santa Monica Bay. The interactive website provides information to the public on recreational activites within the bay as well as an integration of data which describes water quality along the coast. The recreational activites include diving, hiking, biking, surfing and other beach related activities. In addition, the website gathers data from many agences which monitor water quality within the bay, and then provides interactive display through maps and other graphical representations.

In collaboration with the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Studies in Oceanside CA, we have developed an advanced tracking system for tagging marine fish. Data from archival and pop-up tags are automatically imported into Fishtracker and then analyzed to provide more accurate positioning of the tag during the time series. The Fishtracker algorithm improves the locations proposed by tag manufactures by matching measurements of the temperature at the sea surface from the tag with the coincident measurements from satellite imagery. The Fishtracker also provides a dynamic and integrated view of the environmental conditions in which the fish is found. Such tracking information is applied to protection and conservation of threatened marine animals.

The Gulf of Maine Bio-Geographical Information System is a contribution to the Census of Marine Life Program. EASy was used to develop an interactive web site describing the distributiion of marine organisms and environmental conditions in the Gulf of Maine. Data from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax NS and the Atlantic Reference Center in New Brunswick Canada were imported, processed and displayed using EASY tools. By doing so, we have provided the most comprehensive description of bio-geography in the Gulf. Such bio-geographic information is important for the management of commercial fisheries and for conservation, protection and management of marine resourses.