Science on Tap - That's a moray: Untangling the mysterious lives of California moray eels

If you've been snorkeling in southern California, there's a good chance you might have spotted the grinning face of a California moray eel peering out at you from the reef. These long-lived fish (yes, eels are fish!) are common in reefs from Santa Barbara down to the tip of Baja, Mexico, and are important top predators with some very cool adaptations. However, we still know very little about their lives when they are very young. In this talk, I'll discuss what things might affect the dispersal of baby eels to their final adult destinations, and then what happens after they get there.

Speaker: Katherine Dale, UC Santa Cruz