**Please note that as of July 31st 2008, the CIMT website will no longer be updated. The Center for Integrated Marine Technologies (CIMT) has been a non-operational program since 8-1-2007 and as of 7-31-2008 the program will be ending. We hope that you will find this static page a useful reference of the many ocean observing activities that have occurred over the past six years. There are still many useful links including the historical CIMT database and informational fact sheets. Some of CIMT’s research programs and products will continue through the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) http://www.cencoos.org , as well as through the ongoing research of its principal investigators.

The Center for Integrated Marine Technologies employs a new approach to interdisciplinary coastal research by simultaneously collecting and integrating data collected via remote sensing, moorings and ship-board surveys. CIMT uses these technologies to investigate linkages between: coastal upwelling, nutrient delivery, phytoplankton, and organisms at higher trophic levels (squid, fish, seabirds, sea turtles, seals, and whales).

Kim Fullton-Bennet MBARI 2005