October 27-30, 2002
Santa Barbara, California
Concurrent Sessions I
Wednesday, 10:15 a.m.
Please note: co-authors will
be identified in the conference book of abstracts and post-conference proceedings.
The Economics of Marine Protected
Areas
Chair: Rodney
F. Weiher, Chief Economist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Vernon R. Leeworthy, Chief Economist, Special Projects, National Ocean Service:
Socioeconomic Impact Analyses of Marine Reserve Alternatives for the Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS)
Peter Wiley, National Ocean Service: Valuing our National Marine Sanctuaries
James Wilen, Professor of Economics, University of California Davis: The Economics
of MPA’s and Fisheries
Astrid Scholz, Ecological Economist/Consultant: Socioeconomic Analysis of MPA’s
- Lessons and Opportunities of the CINMS Experience
Caroline Pomeroy, Research Scientist, Institute of Marine Sciences, University
of California Santa Cruz: MPA’s as a Fishery Management Tool: The Role of the
Social Sciences
Ocean Observation Systems
Chair: Margaret
Davidson, Acting Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Margaret Davidson, Acting Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and Coastal
Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Coastal Observing
Systems
Margaret Dekshenieks, Assistant Professor, Ocean Sciences, University of California
Santa Cruz: The Network for Environmental Observations of the Coastal Ocean
Eric Terrill, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego: Developing Coastal Observation Systems to Address Water Quality Needs
Jeffrey Paduan, Associate Professor of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School:
Ocean Observing and Modeling System Developments Around Monterey Bay
John J. Oram, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University
of California Los Angeles: Multi-disciplinary and Multi-platform Observations
of Coastal Oceanographic Processes in the Southern California Bight and Santa
Monica Bay, CA
Contaminants in the Food Web
Chair: Robert
Brodberg, Chief, Fish and Water Quality Evaluation Unit, Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
M. James Allen, Principal Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research
Project: Extent of Fish Contaminations of Potential Risk to Bird and Mammal
Predators on the Southern California Shelf in 1998
Margy Gassel, Research Scientist II, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment,
California Environmental Protection Agency: The Coastal Fish Contamination
Program: Monitoring of Coastal Water Quality and Chemical Contamination in Fish
and Shellfish
James Alamillo, Beach Report Card Manager, Heal the Bay: Consuming Contaminated
White Croaker
John Cubit, Damage Assessment Coordinator, Southwest Regional Damage Assessment
Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: DDT and PCB Contamination
of Subsistence and Sport Fish in Los Angeles County
Effective Oil Spill Response
& Coordination
Chair: William
H. Fels, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
James Krolick, GIS Analyst, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
Florida Marine Research Institute: Improving Spill Prevention and Response
Capabilities
Harlan Henderson, Administrator, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, California
Department of Fish and Game: Marine Oil Spill Response in California: A Model
of Innovation, Preparedness and Leadership
Richard W. Sanders II, Commander, Eleventh District, U.S. Coast Guard: United
States Coast Guard Develops Probe for Oil Pollution Evidence in the Environment
Ira Leifer, Researcher, Chemical Engineering Department, University of California
Santa Barbara: Predicting the Fate of Oil in the Marine Environment from the
Seabed to Surface Oil Slicks and Beyond
David E. Panzer, Oceanographer, Pacific Region, U.S. Minerals Management Service:
Monitoring and Permitting of Offshore Oil and Gas Platform Effluents: An Update
of Cooperation and Compliance
Invasive Species: Early Detection
& Rapid Response
Chair: Russell
Moll, Director, California Sea Grant College Program
Bruce Posthumus, Chair, Southern California Caulerpa Action Team: The Invasive
Non-Native Marine Alga, Caulerpa taxifolia, in Southern California
Christy Loper, Associate Scientist, Watershed and Coastal Planning, EIP Associates:
Thinking Native in Southern California, Coastal Benefits of a Watershed Approach
to Invasive Exotic Plant Removal
Peggy Olofson, Director, San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Detection
and Response to Spartina Infestations in the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Don Cadien, Marine Biology Lab, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County: Is
the Lid Still on Pandora’s Box?
Rachel Woodfield, Senior Biologist, Merkel & Associates Inc.: Field Response
to Infestations of Caulerpa taxifolia in Southern California
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