MMS California Coastal Marine Institute
University of California - Santa Barbara
A general description of the CMI at UCSB and progress reports for individual projects
can be found at the UCSB CMI
website.
Following is a list of research projects that have been undertaken at this CMI. Also
included is the last name of the principal investigator and the year in which the project
was completed. If there is no date, the project is ongoing.
Ecological consequences of alternative abandonment strategies for POCS Offshore
Facilities and implications for policy development (Carr, Forrester and McGinnis)
Valuation of coastal resources- understanding substitution in time and space (Deacon)
Testing and calibrating the measurement of nonmarket values for oil spills via the
contingent valuation method (Hanemann and Krosnick)
Effect of offshore oil platform structures on the distribution pattterns of
commercially important benthic crustaceans, with emphasis on the rock crab (Page and
Dugan)
Development of methods for surfgrass (Phyllospadix spp.) restoration using early life
history stages (Reed, Holbrook and Worcester) - 1999
Inventory of rocky intertidal resources in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Orange
Counties (Engel, Ambrose and Raimondi)
A Methodology for Investigation of Natural Gas Seepage in the northern Santa Barbara
Channel (Luyendyk)
Application of coastal ocean dynamics radars for observation of near-surface currents
off the south-central California coast (Washburn and Gaines)
Effects of produced water on complex invertebrate bahavioral traits of invertebrate
larvae and algal zoospores (Raimondi)
Utilization of sandy beaches by shorebirds: Relationships to population
characteristics of macrofauna prey species and beach morphodynamics (Dugan)
Logistical, training, and data collection support for MMS marine bird monitoring study
in Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin (Bonnell)
Wave Prediction in the Santa Barbara Channel (Guza and O'Reilly)
Effect of Spatial and Temporal Separation of Samples on Estimation of Impacts
(Raimondi)
An Experimental Evaluation of Methods of Surfgrass (Phylospadix torryei) Restoration
Using Early Life History Stages (Reed and Holbrook)
Assessing Toxic Effects on Population Dynamics Using Individual-Based Energy Budget
Models (Nisbet and Muller)
Population Trends and Trophic Dynamics in Pacific OCS Marine Ecosystems: What can
monitoring data tell us? (Schmitt and Brooks)
Joint UCSB-MMS Pacific OCS Student Internship and Trainee Program (Dugan)
Application of Coastal Ocean Dynamics Radars for Observation of Near-Surface Currents
off the South-Central California Coast (Washburn and Gaines)
For more information, contact James Cimato.
