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Annual Report Marine Science Institute | UC Santa Barbara 2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE | UC SANTA BARBARA 2014-2015 1 Table of Contents Director’s Statement 3 Organizational Charts 5 Administrative Staff 6 Centers and Units 7 Other Projects and Activities 8 Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, and Meetings 9 Coastal Research Center 12 Marine Biotechnology Center 14 Ocean and Coastal Policy Center 16 UC Natural Reserve System 17 Analytical Laboratory 19 MSI Education/Outreach 20 Awards Administered 21 Awards 22 Research Summaries 31 Space 132 Statistical Summary 138 Research Support Summary 139 Statistical Summary 2014-2015 141 Five-Year Research Support Summary 143 Funding Agencies 146 MSI Advisory Committee, 148 Administrative and Technical Staff Principal Investigators 151 2 Director’s Statement 3 Director’s Statement On January 28, 1969 an oil rig blow-out in the Santa Barbara Channel spilled an estimated 3.4 to 4.2 million gallons of crude oil over a ten-day period. Established in 1969, UCSB’s Marine Science Institute is committed to fostering innovative and significant research, to promoting effective stewardship, and to sharing the exciting discoveries of the world’s oceans. On May 19, 2015 the Refugio Oil Spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons of crude oil onto one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast. Scientists from multiple disciplines at UCSB and elsewhere began collaborating immediately after the spill. Based on lessons learned from studies of earlier spills, and using refined computer models, they predicted the spill spread and dispersion, including impacts on Los Angeles area beaches. They used his information to provide guidance to cleanup agencies and to monitor the effects on the ecosystem Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, many of them from the Marine Science Institute, began collecting samples within hours of the spill to monitor the impact on the marine environment. Researchers and volunteers returned to the area many times to collect additional samples. Since students and researchers had previously used this area for study purposes, baseline data was available. David Valentine, a professor in the University’s Department of Earth Science and a MSI researcher said, “The discharge of heavy oil at Refugio presents a unique opportunity to discover novel metabolic, genomic and ecological feedbacks among marine microbial communities, heavy oil and ecosystem response. We have the opportunity to study ecosystem changes and microbial reactions from the very early stages through an entire year. It’s really rare for scientists to get day zero access to any sort of event like this.” This is just one of many examples of how MSI fosters innovative and significant research, and how that research impacts lives and communities around us. I invite you to read more about the research MSI supports in the annual report that follows. Sincerely, Mark Brzezinski, Director Marine Science Institute 4 Organizational Charts 5 MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2014–2015 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Mark Brzezinski Dan Reed Director Deputy Director Tim Schmidt Administration Manager Jim Woods Monica Pessino Bonnie Williamson Joyce Wolever Melia Cutcher Luisa Velez C & G Admin Personnel Unit Budget Unit Systems/Network Ocean o' Graphics Purchasing Analyst Administrator Creative Director Manager Manager Manager Casey Morse Lynne Purchasing Analyst Brian Emery Ryan Vizena Nicole Zavala India Morgan Van Der Kamp Server Support Web Developer Personnel Analyst Budget Analyst C & G Officer Deanna Cervantes Marisol Hernández Laura Susin C & G Analyst Personnel Analyst Budget Analyst Veronica Perez Jenny Chu Personnel Analyst Budget Analyst Lyndi Swanson Donna Dobis Personnel Analyst Travel Coordinator 6 MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 2014–2015 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Mark Brzezinski Director Dan Reed Deputy Director Marine Analytical Coastal Reseach Ocean & Coastal Biotechnology Laboratory Marine Science Center Center Policy Center Georges L. Paradis Education & Outreach Russell Schmitt TBN Daniel Morse Manager TBN Director Director Deputy Director Faculty/ Faculty/ Faculty/ William Clinton Scott Simon Professional Researchers Professional Researchers Professional Researchers Staff Research Assoc. REEF Manager Specialists Specialists Student Assistant Student Docents Postdoctorals Postdoctorals Technical Staff Technical Staff Graduate Students Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students 7 Other Projects & Activities 8 Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, and Meetings July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015 The Marine Science Institute continues to support various seminars, workshops, conferences and meetings. During the 2014-2015 fiscal year 36 events took place, in which a wide range of marine science topics were highlighted. Dates Coordinators Topic July 1, 2014 Chris Costello Ground Fish Meeting July 3, 2014 Carol Blanchette, Scott Simon Carbon Teaching Experiment. Teacher Development Workshop July 10, 2014 Andrew Brooks MCR-LTER UNOLS Cruise Working Group July 17-20, 2014 Carol Blanchette, Scott Simon Teaching Environmental Science in a Changing Climate July 18-25, 2014 Sarah Lester, Fish Forever Strategy and Planning Michaela Clemence July 29, 2014 Nate Emery Meta-Analysis Workshop July 31, 2014 Dan Reed, Mark Page SONGS Science Advisory Panel Meeting August 1, 2014 Robert Miller REU Poster Session August 5, 2014 Tim Schmidt OCTOS Advisory Committee August 21, 2014 Stephen Proulx Guest Seminar by Bjorn Ostman August 22, 2014 Sally Holbrook & Dan Reed, Daniel Okamoto, Ph.D. Seminar Advisors The role of fluctuating food supply on recruitment, survival and population dynamics in the sea October 1, 2014 Stephen Proulx Faculty Symposium October 1, 2014 Monique Myers Santa Barbara Area Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability workshop October 12-15, 2014 Jennifer Caselle, South Coast Baseline MLPA Carol Blanchette Workshop October 16, 2014 Laura Francis, Gay Larsen Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary October 20-24, 2014 Paul Berkman, Oran Young Arctic Options Working Group October 23, 2014 Andrew Brooks MCR-LTER UNOLS Cruise Working Group October 24, 2014 Shannon Harrer SBC-LTER Intern Training November 3, 2014 Gay Larsen OCTOS Community Outreach Program, Bob Ballard guest * Non-UCSB personnel 9 December 10, 2014 Cheryl Briggs, Advisor Andrea Jani, Ph.D. Seminar Microbial ecology of an infectious disease: Do symbiotic bacteria protect an endangered frog from the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis? December 11-12, 2014 Russell Schmitt, Sally Holbrook MCR-LTER All Investigators Meeting December 19, 2014 Sally Holbrook, Advisor Gabriel Rodriguez, Ph.D. Seminar Turnover dynamics of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera January 14, 2015 Susan Mazer Training Workshop for California Native Plant Society Members, California Phenology Project & Citizen Science January 16, 2015 Cheryl Briggs, Advisor Thomas Smith, Ph.D. Seminar, Ecological impacts of amphibian declines on Sierra Nevada lake communities February 5-6, 2015 Margaret O’Brien LTER Network Information Management Executive Committee February 6, 2015 Armand Kuris, Advisor Julio Lordo , Ph.D. Seminar, The distribution and abundance of the California horn snail at different spatial scales February 16-20, 2015 Will McClintock, Marine Spatial Planning Grace Goldberg Advancement Training March 23-27, 2015 Barbara Walker Towards Resilience and Sustainable Seafood Supply Project Meeting March 26, 2015 Dan Reed, Mark Page, SONGS Science Advisory Panel Steve Schroeter Meeting April 9, 2015 Susan Mazer Training Workshop for Joshua Tree National Park Staff, California Phenology Project & Citizen Science April 13, 2015 Dan Reed, Mark Page, SONGS Science Advisory Panel Steve Schroeter May 11, 2015 Mark Page, Steve Schroeter SONGS Wetland Workshop May 16, 2015 Susan Mazer Training Workshop for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California Phenology Project & Citizen Science * Non-UCSB personnel 10 June 15, 2015 Susan Mazer Training Workshop for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park staff, California Phenology Project & Citizen Science June 20-24, 2015 Scott Simon, Carol Blanchette Math Science Partnership Teacher Professional Development Workshop June 26-29, 2015 Paul Berkman Pan-Arctic Options Team Meeting * Non-UCSB personnel 11 Coastal Research Center The Coastal Research Center is an organizational unit within the Marine Science Institute at UCSB. The central theme of the Center is to develop scientific knowledge to gain a more complete understanding of coastal and island ecosystems, which is necessary for sound management of the natural resources within coastal and island regions. The Center links academic scientists from a wide variety of disciplines, enhancing the ability to address marine environmental issues. While CRC scientists work in marine environments throughout the world, much effort is focused on coastal reefs found in the Santa Barbara Channel region and the coral reefs surrounding the island of Moorea, French Polynesia. These two locations provide excellent model systems for the scientific exploration of a wide range of marine issues and scientists at UCSB have long valued these environments as natural laboratories for scientific study. Both areas are enjoyed by those seeking recreation, support important local fisheries and are faced with growing conflicts amongst different user groups as human population pressures increase, a trend that is common for many marine environments. The nearshore marine environments of California and the islands of French Polynesia are used increasingly
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