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USGS Pacific Coral Reef Studies - Project Participants

Name Area of Interest Contact Information
Sallie Beavers
National Park Service
Marine ecology, Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, Hawai‘i sallie_beavers@nps.gov
Michael Bothner
USGS Woods Hole
Geochemistry of reef sediments mbothner@usgs.gov
Eric Brown
National Park Service
Marine ecology, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka‘i eric_brown@nps.gov
R. Scott Calhoun
Seattle, WA
Beach and coastline sediment of Kaua‘i and Moloka‘i rscalhoun@hotmail.com
R. Scott Carr
USGS Corpus Christi
Sediment chemistry, toxicology scott_carr@usgs.gov
Michael Casso
USGS Woods Hole
Geochemical lab analysis mcasso@usgs.gov
Pat Chavez
USGS Flagstaff
Western Region remote sensing specialist, image processing and analysis retired
Hank Chezar
USGS Menlo Park
Photography and camera system technologist hchezar@usgs.gov
Susan Cochran
USGS Santa Cruz
Remote sensing and mapping of coral reefs, GIS, website, public relations, project coordination and logistics scochran@usgs.gov
Pete Dartnell
USGS Menlo Park
Remote sensing and mapping of seafloor systems, GIS pdartnell@usgs.gov
Mimi D'Iorio
NOAA
Remote sensing of coastal change from mangroves mimi.diorio@noaa.gov
Mike Field
USGS Santa Cruz
Project Chief Scientist, geology and sedimentology of Pacific coral reefs mfield@usgs.gov
Chip Fletcher
University of Hawai‘i
Reef history and evolution fletcher@soest.Hawai‘i.edu
Ann Gibbs
USGS Santa Cruz
Mapping of coastal systems agibbs@usgs.gov
Eric Grossman
USGS Santa Cruz
Sedimentology and stratigraphy, coral reef geology and ecology egrossman@usgs.gov
Gerry Hatcher
USGS Santa Cruz
GIS/Navigation specialist, software development ghatcher@usgs.gov
Bruce Jaffe
USGS Santa Cruz
Waves and current processes, sediment dynamics bjaffe@usgs.gov
Paul Jokiel
University of Hawai‘i
Coral reef ecology, distribution and monitoring jokiel@Hawai‘i.edu
Josh Logan
USGS Santa Cruz
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and instrument specialist jlogan@usgs.gov
Marion Nipper
Texas A&M University
Marine ecotoxicology mnipper@falcon.tamucc.edu
Andrea Ogston
University of Washington
Waves and current processes, sediment dynamics ogston@ocean.washington.edu
Scott Peckham
University of Colorado
Landscape and sediment discharge modeling scott.peckham@colorado.edu
Greg Piniak
NOAA
Coral reef biology and productivity greg.piniak@noaa.gov
Kathy Presto
USGS Santa Cruz
Sediment dynamics kpresto@usgs.gov
Nancy Prouty
USGS Santa Cruz

Mendenhall Post-Doc working on project entitled "Historical Land-Use Patterns Recorded by Coral Chemistry: Linkages Between Watershed Change and Ecosystem Health"

nprouty@usgs.gov
Bruce Richmond
USGS Santa Cruz
Mapping of coastal systems brichmond@usgs.gov
Captain Joe Reich
Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i, HI
Captain/Owner Alyce C Sportfishing
Main Hawaiian Islands
ace@aloha.net
Tom Reiss
USGS Menlo Park
GPS/Navigation Specialist, Diving Safety Officer treiss@usgs.gov
Rick Rendigs
USGS Woods Hole
Sediment trap specialist rrendigs@usgs.gov
Ceil Roberts
University of Hawai‘i
Island history, coral distribution, ecology and monitoring lucile@Hawai‘i.edu
Will Smith
University of Hawai‘i
Coral reef mapping and monitoring wsmith@Hawai‘i.edu
Curt Storlazzi
USGS Santa Cruz
Wave and current modeling, sediment dynamics cstorlazzi@usgs.gov
Dave Twichell
USGS Woods Hole
Deep reefs dtwichell@usgs.gov
Miguel Velasco
USGS Flagstaff
Remote sensing and camera systems, image processing and analysis mvelasco@usgs.gov

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