Storm effects on terrestrial and marine systems

This past week brought the first real rainfall in Orange County in about 9 months, and the Orange County Register interviewed Matt Bracken and his colleague Travis Huxman (Director of the Center for Environmental Biology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) about effects of the storm on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, respectively. Travis highlighted effects on plant growth and germination, and Matt described the importance of nutrients like silica that are washed into the ocean and contribute to productivity from the bottom-up. The article can be found here.