Estacion del Mar Cortes

Field Station providing housing and logistical support to academic groups from all educational levels. On the shores of the Gulf of California, within the Midriff Islands region, the location is a gateway to the observation and research of the marine and terrestrial desert and island environment. Its location is the main entry to four different ecological preserves.

Year Founded
1974
Year Joined OBFS
2003
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address
https://www.glendale.edu/baja

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
Glendale Community College District
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other: Public California community college
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
No
MSI/HBCU users
Yes
Community College users
Yes
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
1-2
Seasonal staff
6-10
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
0-20 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Yes
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Intertidal - rocky, Intertidal - sandy, and Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
1501-3000 meters
Köppen climate classification
B (arid)
Freshwater habitats
No
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
Yes
Wet Lab space
Yes
Research vessels available
No
GIS capacity on site
No
Long term data sets
No
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
No
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
No
Date Joined OBFS
September 9, 2024