SURMAR/ASIMAR na-achọ ime ka nghọta anyị gbasara usoro okike na Central Gulf of California iji chekwaa ihe ndị sitere n'okike ma kwalite ahụike gburugburu ebe obibi na mpaghara a dị mkpa. A na-eme mmemme ya na mmekorita ya na Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) na Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, ebe mmemme a na-emepe mpaghara mpaghara ọhụrụ, "Gulf of California International Research Center" (GCIRC). Ihe owuwu a ga-egosipụta ụlọ nyocha na akụrụngwa aquarium ga-adị maka ndị nyocha maka ọrụ dabara na ebumnuche SURMAR. SURMAR ejikọrọ na TOF kemgbe 2011.
Research gụnyere gburugburu ebe obibi nke mpaghara mmiri na terrestrial gburugburu, physiology na omume nke ihe dị ndụ bi na mpaghara ndị a, na okwu metụtara nchekwa. Na mgbakwunye, etinyere na nyocha mmekọrịta ọha na eze na-ekwu maka iji akụrụngwa na-adịgide adịgide na ịkwado mkpebi mmadụ.
Mmụta na mgbasa ozi tinye ụmụ akwụkwọ nke ITESME na ụlọ ọrụ na-ekere òkè na nyocha ma nye ọzụzụ na sayensị mmiri. Ụmụ akwụkwọ si ITESME sonye na mbọ nleba anya SURMAR nke ebe obibi intertidal nkume na n'ọgbakọ imekọ ihe ọnụ. Anyị na ndị ọrụ ITEMSE na-arụkọ ọrụ iji zụlite ohere nkuzi na teknụzụ mmiri. SURMAR bụ ọgbakọ mmekọ ya na Fundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, otu anaghị akwụ ụgwọ maka ijere obodo Santa Rosalia ozi. Ọ bụkwa onye ya na Western Flyer Foundation na-arụkọ ọrụ n'ịmepụta mmemme imekọ ihe ọnụ na Mexico nke ga-agụnye ụgbọ e weghachiri eweghachi nke John Steinbeck na Ed Ricketts jiri nyochaa Oké Osimiri Cortez na 1940.
Nchekwa na nlekota oru Mgbalị a na-elekwasị anya ugbu a na invertebrates intertidal nkume, azụ mmiri dị n'okpuru mmiri, akụ squid jumbo, na akụrụngwa mmiri na mpaghara Santa Rosalia. Anyị na-eme usoro ịgbatị ihe omume ndị a na mmiri Gulf nke Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve yana mbọ Western Flyer Foundation. Anyị na ndị ọkachamara n'ihe gbasara gburugburu ebe obibi na-enweghị oke na-arụkọ ọrụ n'ịmepụta Project Improvement Project maka Santa Rosalia na obodo ndị gbara ya gburugburu.