Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (RTC)
The Romberg Tiburon Center (RTC) is the marine and estuarine research facility for San Francisco State University. Founded in 1978, the lab strives to advance understanding of the world’s complex marine and estuarine environments through research, education, and outreach, with a focus on San Francisco Bay. RTC is located on breathtaking 32 acre parcel of land on the Tiburon pennisula bordering the San Francisco Bay. The research community at RTC is built of scientists and students working together to understand the natural forces at work in the San Francisco Bay and its surrounding wetland environments.
What type of work is done at Romberg?
Research at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies is focused around the following four goals: 1) To lead in scientific research, monitoring and reporting on the nature and condition of the world’s marine and estuarine environments, 2) To train undergraduate and graduate students to become interdisciplinary marine scientists through instruction and participation in innovative, collaborative research, 3) To promote public education and appreciation of the San Francisco Bay estuarine environment and ecosystems and 4) To provide fundamental scientific information to assist in decision making and the stewardship of San Francisco Bay. Learn more about ongoing research at Romberg!
Research Posters from Previous STAR Fellows:
- The Abundance and Distribution of Gelatinous Zooplankton in the San Francisco Estuary (2012)
- Functional Response of Protected Larval Stage Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) (2012)
- Population Density of Carcinus maenas in Seadrift Lagoon (2012)
- Testing the salinity tolerance levels of similar invasive species found in the San Francisco Bay (2012)
- Developing Monitoring Methods for Leptasterias spp. as Sentinel Species in Detecting Local Environmental Changes (2012)
- Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Study Zooplankton Trophic Ecology in San Francisco Estuary (2012)
- A Comparative Study of Botryllid Tunicates Regeneration in the San Francisco Bay (2012)
- Tunicate Recruitment in a Temperature Fouling Community (2012)
- Imported Nereis virens and Glycera dibranchiata as a Vector for Invasive Species in San Francisco Bay (2011)
- Contrasting Effects of Flow on Adult and Juvenile Ascidian Life History States, Including the Global Invasive Didemnum vexillum (2011)
- Temporal and Spatial Variability Tunicate Recruitment in a Temperate Fouling Community (2011)
- Relationship of Maternal Flow Environment to Offspring Size in Botrylloides violaceus (2011)
- A Comparative Study of Botryllid Tunicates Regeneration in the San Francisco Bay (2010)
- Analysis of San Francisco Bay Environmental Conditions as They Relate to Organismal Abundance (2010)
- Settlement in Fouling Communities of San Francisco Bay (2010)
- Methods for Quantifying Commensals Associated with Invasive Colonial Didemnid Tunicates (2010)
- Multiple Paternity as a Reproductive Strategy in Pacific Coast Surfperch (2010)
- Fusion Assays as an Indicator of Population Structure in the Colonial Tunicate Botrylloides violaceus (2010)
- Shifting Sexes: An Investigative Look at Sexual Allocation in Varying Population Densities of the Blue-Banded Goby (2010)
- HOX A13 Expression in the Rostrum of Polydon spathula (2009)
- Variation in Temperature for Whole Body Regeneration (2009)
- And the Magic Number Is…The Role of Temperature in Whole Body Regeneration in Botrylloides Spp. (2009)