Experience
Technical Support

1991-2000  

  • 1997 Provided Tierra Data Systems with technical biological expertise on marine issues for San Diego Bay in conjunction with the preparation of an Integrated San Diego Bay Natural Resources Management Plan for the U.S. Navy Southwest Division and the San Diego Unified Port District.

  • 1996 Compiled and integrated data from several southern California juvenile halibut studies into a set of linked Dbase IV Databases for the National Marine Fisheries Service.

  • 1996 Prepared the Biological Assessment and appropriate biological resource sections for the U.S. Navy's EIS to evaluate the potential impacts of disposal and reuse of the Long Beach Naval Station as part of Navy's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action.

  • 1994 Conducted field studies for Tidelands Oil Production Company to assess the impacts of oil spilled from a failed injection well line on the marine environment in the Consolidated Slip, inner Long Angeles Harbor.

  • 1993 Prepared a biological assessment of Orange County shoreline and coastal habitats for inclusion in the Orange County Coastal Oil Spill Contingency Plan.

  • 1993 Conducted field studies and designed a monitoring program for the EPA's dredged materials ocean disposal site (LA-2) of Los Angeles.

  • 1993 Developed an informational database on Southern California Bight sportfishing trends for the National Marine Fisheries Service.

  • 1993 Provided vessel, logistical, and technical support to the National Marine Fisheries Service for the field testing of marine mammal exclusion zone protocol prior to the U.S. Navy Ship Shock Test offshore of the Channel Islands.

  • 1993 Provided multi-year (1993-1994) vessel, logistical, and technical support to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the capture and relocation of sea otters from San Miguel Island to Monterey Bay.

  • 1993 Conducting a multi-year (1993-present) quarterly kelp monitoring study of all coastal kelp beds from Aliso Creek to Imperial Beach, California for the San Diego Region Nine Kelp Survey Consortium.

  • 1991 Assisted Kelco in the restoration of 60 acres of kelp habitat near Hope Ranch and Gaviota, California

  • 1991 Conducted biological field studies to assess the impacts of an accidental spill of diesal oil and naphthalene from Chevron's El Segundo Refinery on coastal intertidal and subtidal communities