Marisol García-Reyes, Ph.D.
Research Interest
Variability in oceanographic and atmospheric conditions in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (García-Reyes et al., 2023; García-Reyes and Largier, 2010), its relationship with global and regional climate (García-Reyes et al., 2013; Sydeman et al., 2014; García-Reyes et al., 2015), and how it impacts the marine ecosystem (García-Reyes et al., 2022).
Understanding and describing marine heatwaves (for example, the North Pacific heatwave called “The Blob” and its impact on the US west coast in 2014-2016 (Gentemann et al., 2017; Shi et al., 2021)), and their impacts on the marine ecosystem (Sanford et al., 2019; Ashlock et al., 2021).
Current Projects
MISST: Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature: continuing the GHRSST partnership and improving Arctic data. Funded by NASA and National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
Sea Surface Salinity: Validation in challenging environments: coastal and Arctic SSS. Funded by NASA.
MOCI - The Multivariate Ocean Climate Indicator project provides synthesized regional indices of coastal environment conditions for California.
Marine mammal bycatch risk assessment in Chile. Funded by Lenfest and Pew Foundations.
Near-Real Time Ecosystem Data for Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Whale Entanglements in California’s Dungeness Crab Fishery. Funded by California Ocean Protection Council.
Global analysis of stratification impacts on seabirds through food resources. Founded by National Science Foundation.
Selected Publications
2023 - García-Reyes M, Koval G, Sydeman W, Palacios DM, Bedriñana-Romano L, Sepulveda M, and Hines E. Most Eastern Boundary Upwelling regions represent thermal refugia in the age of climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1158472.
2022 - García-Reyes M, Thompson SA, Rogers-Bennett L, and Sydeman WJ. Winter oceanographic conditions predict summer bull kelp canopy cover in Northern California. PloS One 17(5), e0267737.
2021 - Shi H, García‐Reyes M, Jacox MG, Rykaczewski RR., Black BA., Bograd SJ, and Sydeman WJ. Co‐occurrence of California drought and Northeast Pacific marine heatwaves under climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(17), e2021GL092765.
2021 - Sydeman W, … García-Reyes M, et al. Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of marine ecosystem sentinels. Science 372 (6545), 980-983.
2019 - Sanford E, Sones JL, García-Reyes M, Goddard JH, and Largier JL. Widespread shifts in the coastal biota of northern California during the 2014-2016 marine heatwave. Scientific Reports, 9(1), p1-14. [pdf]
2017 - García-Reyes M and Sydeman WJ. California Multivariate Ocean Climate Indicator (MOCI) and marine ecosystem dynamics. Ecological Indicators, 72, 521-529. [pdf]
2017 - Gentemann CL, Fewings MR, and García-Reyes M. Satellite sea-surface temperatures along the west coast of the west coast of the United States during the 2014-2016 northeast California marine heat wave. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 312-319. [pdf]
2015 - García-Reyes M, Sydeman WJ, Schoeman DS, Rykaczewski RR, Black BA, Smit AJ and Bograd SJ. Under Pressure: Climate Change, Upwelling, and Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2, p.109. [pdf]
2015 - Bakun A, Black BA, Bograd SJ, García-Reyes M, Miller AJ, Rykaczewski RR, Sydeman WJ. Anticipated effects of climate change on coastal upwelling ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports, 1(2), p. 85-93. [pdf]
2014 - Sydeman WJ, García-Reyes M, Schoeman D, Rykaczewski RR, Black BA, Thompson SA, Bograd SJ. Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems. Science, 345(6192). [pdf]
2014 - García-Reyes M, Largier JL, and Sydeman WJ. Synoptic-scale upwelling indices and predictions of phyto- and zooplankton populations. Progr. in Oceanogr. 120. p.177-188. [pdf]
2012 - García-Reyes M and Largier JL. Seasonality of coastal upwelling off central and northern California: New insights, including temporal and spatial variability. Journal of Geophysical Research 117(C03028). [pdf]
2010 - García-Reyes M and Largier JL. Observations of increased wind-driven coastal upwelling off central California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(C04011). [pdf]