Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies

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Celebrating 30 Years of Science, Education and Stewardship
San Francisco State University’s Research and Service Organization
Annual Report - October 2009
By Dr. Newell Garfield
Director and Professor of Geosciences
Romberg Tiburon Center For Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
Highlights of the Fiscal Year 2008-2009
• Grant activity at RTC remains strong with nine new grants being awarded in the sum of
$1.1 million. Even though this was a reduction from the previous year, the grants brought
in by the faculty are commendable in the present economic conditions. Due to the State
budget crisis, State funded grants were subject to a Governor imposed Stop Work Order
in December 2008. RTC was successful in keeping its research staff employed.
• Major funded projects continue to bring significant acclaim and resources to SF State
including: Cellana LLC Cellana Alagal Biofuels (~$360 K), CSU Chancellor’s Office
Council on Ocean Affairs, Science, and Technology (~$183 K), State Water Contractors
Role of Ammonium SF-Bay Delta (~$172 K), and others.
• Increased numbers of undergraduate and graduate students on site at RTC received
numerous prestigious awards such as the Lakeside Foundation Fellowship, MBRS RISE
Scholarship, NSF Teaching, Training and Mentoring Fellowships, ARCS Fellowship and
a host of internal scholarships.
• Seven students completed their Masters Degrees. To date 105 students, who conducted research
at RTC, have been awarded Masters Degrees.
• SF State and RTC successfully hosted the first Central and Northern California regional
competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) at SF State in February 2009.
• A successful search to select an Operations Director resulted in the February 2009
appointment of Linda Mayo.
• On March 28, 2009, RTC celebrated 30 years of science, education and stewardship with
a festive gathering of friends and supporters. Former COSE Dean Jim Kelley presented a
compelling retrospective.
• Advisory Board member John Kern worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
through the Formerly Utilized Defense Sites (FUDS) Program to accomplish the clean up
and removal of over 168,000 tons of metal debris left on the shoreline by the Navy.
• Flad Architects of San Francisco was chosen to help conduct a RTC Master Plan
Feasibility Study.
Introduction
The Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (RTC), the marine and estuarine
research field station of San Francisco State University (SF State), is located approximately
20 miles north of the main campus on a Tiburon Peninsula 36-acre waterfront parcel. A 1978
federal lease of 28 acres and six buildings marked the origin of the Center. Building 36 is the
main research/laboratory and administration facility. Building 39 provides space for teaching
and outreach activities and one tenant, Marin Biological Laboratory Inc. Building 53 houses
the Bay Conference Center (BCC) and a caretaker apartment. Building 49 houses the
facilities shop, marine operations, and SF State Art Department graduate student studios.
Building 50 is used for storage and SF State Anthropology Department artifacts. Building 20,
the Ohrenschall Guest House, provides lodging for visiting scientists and BCC clients. The
lease was completed in 2009 and the property and buildings transferred to the University.
In 2008 the U.S. Department of Commerce deeded the remaining eight waterfront acres and
13 additional buildings to the University. The buildings are: Building 54 - the physiology,
biogeochemical, elemental analysis and monitoring laboratories; Building 74A - the
postdoctoral associates offices; Building 74 - facilities headquarters and boat/vehicle storage;
Building 30 - student offices, and tenants SERC, and Taxon Biosciences; Building 21 storage; Building 22 - used by the Tiburon Fire Department; Building 40 - used by the
ceramics group; and five other buildings that are currently unoccupied 11, 33, 37, 79 and 27.
Building 86 is a University building but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) retains usage of the building.
Table 1 provides a summary of the RTC buildings. RTC also owns several boats used for
research including a 38' aluminum hulled vessel, the R/V Questuary, a 21' C-Dory, the Salty
Dog, a Twin V outboard, and a 19' and a 16' Boston Whaler.
Table 1. Description, location, and amount of space currently occupied at RTC.
Building
Building
Number
Name
20
Ohrenschall Guest
Center
Square Area to be
Footage Occupied
3,600
All
Residence
Usage
Occupants
Visitors
30
Galley/
Admin Office
8,453
All
Offices, Meeting Rooms, &
Laboratories
RTC & Lease to
Taxon
(1,278 sq ft or 15%) &
SERC (1,305 sq ft or
15%)
36
Research Center
27,200
All
Research Laboratories, Offices, RTC & NERR
Meeting Rooms, Classrooms, &
Rental Space
39
Administration
Office
7,080
All
Offices, Classrooms, & Rental RTC, NERR, & Lease
Space
to Marin Biologic Lab
(2446 sq ft or 35%)
40
Ceramics
800
All
Storage
SF State Art
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Department Storage
Department
49
Maintenance
Shop/Marine
Operations
16,925
All
Facilities, Marine Operations,
Offices & Art Department
Student Studios
RTC & SF State
50
Storage
16,925
All
Storage, Laboratory &
Anthropology Department
Archives
RTC & SF State
53
Bay Conference
Center/
Residence
7,700
All
Conference Center, Office &
Caretaker Apt
RTC & Conference
Rentals
54
Physiology
Laboratory
7,600
All
Offices & Research
Laboratories
RTC
74
Vehicle Warehouse
2,000
All
Boat & Vehicle Storage &
Office
RTC
Offices
648
All
Offices
RTC
86
Central Warehouse
Unoccupied Buildings
11,000
All
Storage
Proposed Usage
NOAA
74A
11
Caretaker Residence
2,705
Residence or removal
RTC
21
Machine Shop
3,780
Marine Operations
RTC
22
Blacksmith Shop/
Carpentry Shop
3,644
Marine Operations/Museum
RTC
27
Welding Shed
Storage
RTC
33
Rockfish Research
Laboratory
4,018
Student Dormitory
RTC
37
Dispensary
2,000
Student Dormitory
RTC
79
Cinder Block
Building
Storage
RTC
400
400
Organizational Description
Administrative responsibility for RTC resides at SF State. RTC is administered by a Director
(Dr. Newell Garfield) who reports directly to the Dean of the College of Science and
Engineering (COSE) (Dr. Sheldon Axler), the University Provost (Dr. John Gemello) and the
University President (Dr. Robert Corrigan). RTC’s scientific staff consists of the Director,
five other tenured or tenure-track faculty with appointments in home departments at SF State,
five research scientists, two professors emeritus, three adjunct faculty, eight postdoctoral
associates, seven visiting scientists, 14 research technicians, and16 on-site staff members. In
AY 2008-2009 there were 42 graduate students (Art Department Students included), 14
undergraduate student assistants, 13 undergraduate interns, seven undergraduate volunteers,
four high school student volunteers, and seven volunteers involved in Center activities.
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The RTC campus is well suited to host research-oriented organizations whose mission
complements RTC through student opportunities and intellectual collaboration. There is one
SF State entity and four tenants on site. The three RTC tenants are Marin Biologic
Laboratories, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s (SERC) Invasive Species
Program and Taxon Biosciences. These tenants are all laboratory-based research operations
whose missions enhance scientific activity on the campus. Their combined staff adds 30
scientists and support staff on site. The fourth tenant is the Tyee Foundation/Tiburon Salmon
Institute, organizations of concerned citizens interested in preserving San Francisco Bay
salmon.
The San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (SFB NERR) is a joint federalstate-local collaboration whose headquarters are at RTC and employs a staff of seven. Their
mission is to promote scientific research of the remaining Bay wetlands for better
management and successfully restore these important habitats, and so that citizens can enjoy
a healthier Bay.
While not part of the RSO, two groups from the College of Creative Arts, the Art
Departments’ Masters in Fine Arts and Ceramics and the College of Behavioral and Social
Studies’ Anthropology Department have facilities on the RTC campus. Fourteen graduate art
students and one post-graduate fellow occupied the art studio space.
Mission and Goals
RTC’s mission is to advance understanding of the world’s complex marine and estuarine
environments through research, education, and outreach, with a focus on San Francisco Bay.
The Center’s goals are:
•
To lead in scientific research, monitoring and reporting on the nature and condition of the
world’s marine and estuarine environments.
•
To train undergraduate and graduate students to become interdisciplinary marine
scientists through instruction and participation in innovative, collaborative research.
•
To promote public education and appreciation of the San Francisco Bay estuarine
environment and ecosystems.
•
To provide fundamental scientific information to assist in decision-making and the
stewardship of San Francisco Bay.
Activities Undertaken in Areas of Research, Service, and Teaching
to Meet Our Goals
Students, faculty and researchers studied biodiversity, community ecology, wetland ecology
and restoration, ecological physiology, evolutionary biology, microbiology, molecular
biology, and oceanography. RTC scientists were the recipients of numerous awards that
support their research, the findings of which were published in prestigious scientific journals.
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RTC has been instrumental in the implementation of California cooperative science programs
including: CALFED, an organization of California and Federal institutions and agencies
collaborating on San Francisco Bay and Delta environmental and conservation issues;
COAST, the CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology; CeNCOOS, Central
and Northern California Ocean Observing System; and COCMP Coastal Ocean Currents
Monitoring Program. The latter is a California voter-approved system to monitor coastal
circulation in near real time.
RTC faculty and lecturers successfully accomplished their teaching mission both in their
laboratories and in the classroom. During Academic Year (AY) 2008-2009, eight University
courses were conducted at RTC. RTC faculty conducted the remainder of their teaching
duties in their home department on the main campus. Undergraduate and graduate students
worked on their research projects in the research laboratories under the direction of RTC
scientists. Seven graduate students completed their Master’s thesis last year. Students
regularly publish the results of their research and attend scientific meetings where they make
oral and poster research presentations.
RTC’s well-articulated educational outreach goals were met in a variety of ways. RTC offers,
through the College of Extended Learning, a Wetlands Science series of short courses aimed
at professional training in wetlands science and management. Three of these courses were
taught at RTC this year. Once a year RTC researchers conduct professional development
workshops on site for high school teachers. One high school teacher spent the summer in the
Cohen lab with support from the STAR program that provides high school and middle school
teachers in training with a science research experience. RTC researchers also gave
presentations throughout the year at community organizations such as the Rotary Club of
Tiburon, published articles in local newspapers, and served as judges at Marin County
science fairs. In October 2008, RTC held its annual open house, Discovery Day, where the
general public is invited on site to interact with scientists and learn more about RTC’s
research and teaching activities. The 2008 event attracted more than 1,000 community
members. In February 2009 RTC and COSE hosted the Central and Northern California
regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). The Sea Lion Bowl,
RTC’s regional competition, was a great success and will be repeated at SF State next year.
Nature, Source and Amount of Funding
RTC Fiscal Year (FY) 2008-2009 funding was derived from several sources (Table 2). SF
State provided salary support through the COSE budget for teaching faculty, lecturers and
some administrative staff and a SF State special trust account provided for the remaining
staff salaries and some operating expenses. Income from the Bay Conference Center and
leases to tenant organizations provided for operating expenses and maintenance. Charter fees
from the R/V Questuary and donations received by RTC are held at the University
Corporation. Funding, including total grant monies received by RTC PIs, for fiscal years
2004 through 2009 (for historical context) and 08-09 are shown in Table 3. There were 51
RTC active grants, of which nine started during FY 08-09. Table 4 provides specific
information on RTC grants and contacts.
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Table 2. Funds managed by the RTC RSO.
RTC OPERATING BUDGET Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Revenue:
Actual
University Special Funds Allocation(1)
Other Earned Income
Bay Conference Center (BCC) & Ohrenschall Guest Center (OGC)
Property Leases
RRT
Research Vessels
Chargeback, Refunds
Total Revenues
$1,342,435
$ 93,170
$ 100,568
$ 243,005
$ 46,802
$ 30,222
$ 1,856,202
Expenses:
Salaries Paid by RTC Allocation (includes lecturers)(1)
Benefits Paid by RTC Allocation (includes lecturers)
Administrative Fees Paid to SF State
Administrative Fees Paid to The University Corp, SF State
BCC & OGC Expenses
Marine Operations (Questuary, Insurance, etc)
Telephones (Campus, Centrex, Cell)
Utilities (security, garbage, water, pest, electricity, etc.)
Vehicles (Gas/service/leases/insurance)
Start-Up (Boyer, Cohen, Komada, Stillman, Carpenter)
Matching Funds to Grants
Services, Supplies, Equipment, Post, Print, PCs, P-cards
RTC Facilities – Maintenance/Repair/tools, etc
Outside Engineering and Maintenance Contracts
Travel
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
747,996
272,939
10,857
4,698
53,105
108,064
48,409
58,660
48,546
37,381
0
272,701
33,906
86,767
4043
Total Expenses
$ 1,788,072
Net Surplus(2)
$68,131
(1) Does not include General Fund Salaries and benefits paid by COSE.
(2) Net surplus includes cash and committed funds on Purchase Orders carried over into the next
fiscal year.
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Table 3. RTC funding amounts including grant awards for the last five fiscal years.
REVENUE SUMMARY 2004-2009
Category
FY 04-05
SF State Allocation
COSE Salary Support
COSE Supplies & Expense
SF State Support Subtotal
FY 05-06
FY 06-07 FY 07-08
FY 08-09
$1,167,133
$474,706
$-21,041
$1,620,798
$1,190,472
$478,749
$0
$1,669,221
$1,350,020
$516,379
$0
$1,866,399
$1,545,299
$546,657
$0
$2,091,956
$1,342,435
$596,017
$0
$1,938,453
BCC/Tiburon Properties Revenue
Questuary Revenue
RRT, Chargebacks, Refunds
Other Subtotal
$199,703
$25,000
$25,000
$249,703
$203,690
$54,491
$79,994
$338,175
$168,211
$59,137
$260,252
$487,600
$182,911
$31,801
$176,570
$391,282
$193,738
$46,802
$273,227
$513,767
Private Donations
Private Foundation Awards
Donations & Awards Subtotal
$60,500
$150,000
$210,500
$150,328
$0
$150,328
$42,067
$445,000
$487,067
$51,315
$0
$51,315
$33,236
$60,000
$93,236
$2,081,001
$2,157,724
$2,841,066
$2,534,553
$2,545,456
TOTAL REVENUE
GRANT AWARD SUMMARY 2004-2009
Category
Number of RTC Grants Awarded per
Fiscal Year
RTC Grant Funding per Fiscal
Year
RTC Expenses against Active Grants
RTC Indirect Costs Generated Against all
Active Grants
FY 04-05
FY 05-06
13
14
FY 06-07 FY 07-08
16
13
FY 08-09
09
$10,232,682
$3,011,675
$1,473,921
$1,991,658
$1,143,103
$2,786,092
$672,446
$4,589,923
$824,813
$5,125,673
$733,178
$3,983,775
$565,665
$3,649,672
$484,279
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Table 4. Fiscal Year 2008-2009 active grant and contract awards (including subcontracts to
other institutions).
PI Name
Boyer, Katharyn
Carpenter, Edward
Cochlan, William
Cohen, Sarah
Dugdale, Richard
Start
Date
End Date
04/01/06
3/31/2010
11/07/07
8/31/2009
07/01/08
6/30/2010
08/01/08
12/31/2010
09/01/08
6/30/2010
01/01/06
04/16/07
12/31/2008
4/15/2010
09/20/07
9/30/2010
09/01/08
8/31/2010
10/01/03
11/30/2009
08/01/07
9/30/2009
08/22/08
11/30/2009
11/01/04
10/31/2008
11/01/04
10/31/2008
04/01/06
3/31/2009
03/01/08
2/28/2009
03/01/08
2/28/2009
03/01/08
2/28/2009
07/01/08
6/30/2010
01/01/06
12/31/2009
11/01/06
04/16/07
05/01/08
3/15/2009
4/15/2010
10/31/2009
06/23/08
9/30/2009
02/01/09
12/31/2009
Foschi, Patricia
06/01/06
5/15/2009
Garfield, Newell
11/15/04
12/15/2009
01/01/07
9/30/2009
09/15/07
8/31/2010
09/15/07
8/31/2010
10/01/07
9/30/2009
01/01/08
6/30/2008
07/01/08
6/30/2009
07/01/08
6/30/2010
Kimmerer, Wim
Funding Agency
Project Title
FY08
Expenses
California Coastal
Conservancy
Eelgrass Planning
24,753.51
LOKY&L
Initial oil spill damage assessment to eelgrass from
Cosco Busan oil spill 11/7/07
63,205.34
Eelgrass Nursery
27,720.49
Pacific Salmonid Project
34,767.68
C/S Eelgrass Nursery
0.00
Foodweb support for the Threatened Delta Smelt
Bad Suisun
44,395.50
14,680.00
En-Gen: Microarrays & E. hux
319,423.83
Dry Valleys - Antarctica
34,142.35
ECOHAB-PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTAL OCEAN
48,620.61
NOAA Nutrient Analysis
7,466.21
Cellana
National Science
Foundation
SF State Cost
Share
California Coastal
Conservancy
California Sea
Grant
California Sea
Grant
SF State Cost
Share
Nature
Conservancy
CALFED
Cellana Algal Biofuels
208,108.34
GENETIC DATA COLLECTION
40,969.90
C/S Genetic Data Collection
0.00
Eelgrass Planning
0.00
CALFED
CALFED
UC-Davis
US Geological
Survey
State Water
Contractors
CIWMB
California Coastal
Conservancy
University of New
Hampshire
National Science
Foundation
SF State Cost
Share
UC-Davis
CSU Chancellors
Office
Conrtium for Ocean
Leadership
CSU Chancellors
Office
Nature
Conservancy
Marin Rod & Gun
Club
SF State Cost
Share
CALFED
CALFED
National Science
Foundation
National Science
Foundation
University of
Washington
NOAA
08/01/08
7/31/2010
MBARI
01/01/06
12/31/2009
CALFED
Detecting the Early Spread of a Non-Indigenous
Colonial Ascidian - Traineeship
Detecting the Early Spread of a Non-Indigenous
Colonial Ascidian - Research
C/S Detecting the Early Spread of a Non-Indigenous
Colonial Ascidian
12,696.00
8,950.06
0.00
Eelgrass Nursery
85.00
Foodweb support for the Threatened Delta Smelt
0.00
Sea Grant Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Bad Suisun
Effect of Effluent on Phytoplankton Productivity V3
27,172.04
71,555.92
104,670.54
Analyses of nutrient samples
6,500.09
Role of Ammonium SF-Bay Delta
78,268.39
Remote Sensing of Waste Tires
16,126.73
COCMP-NC
1,084,137.16
NOAA use of HF Radar
34,663.54
RTC Strategic Plan
0.00
RTC Strategic Plan C/S
0.00
RCOOS07 water quality and nutrients
45,184.61
COAST Startup Project
0.00
REGIONAL OCEAN SCIENCE BOWL
15,751.23
COAST
145,461.94
CeNCOOS: Long-term monitoring of environmental
conditions
Foodweb Support for the Threatened Delta Smelt
57,220.83
106,831.22
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Komada, Tomoko
02/03/06
3/31/2009
CALFED
07/20/06
6/30/2009
UC Regents
01/01/07
12/31/2009
CALFED
03/01/07
6/30/2010
05/01/09
12/31/2009
10/01/06
9/30/2008
10/01/06
9/30/2008
01/01/07
8/31/2009
09/24/07
9/30/2010
09/24/07
9/30/2010
Robinson, Dale H
08/01/03
6/30/2008
Stillman, Jonathon
05/01/05
5/31/2009
10/10/06
6/30/2010
01/01/08
12/31/2008
01/01/09
12/31/2009
California Dept of
Water Resources
State Water
Contractors
National Science
Foundation
SF State Cost
Share
PRFACS
National Science
Foundation
SF State Cost
Share
San Jose State
Univ Fdn
National Science
Foundation
California Dept of
Water Resources
National Institue of
Health
National Institue of
Health
Modeling the Delta Smelt Population of the San
Francisco Estuary
Monitoring Responses of the Delta Smelt Population
Prey Selection Of Larval And Juvenile Planktivorous
Fish In The SF Estuary
272,737.48
23,379.11
41,688.97
Zooplankton & Clam Analyses tasks 1&2
180,257.46
Bridge funding for Foodweb Project
51,681.68
Elemental Analysis Instruments
5,440.97
COST SHARE 06-07 for Elemental Analysis
Instruments
Sediment Doc- PRF
0.00
8,446.14
Sediment DOC-NSF
139,695.51
Sediment DOC-NSF C/S
0.00
CI-CORE
24,185.29
Cardiac: Thermal Performance
54,768.57
Zooplankton & Clam Analysis task 3 YR1
57,188.20
MBRS SCORE/ Year 13 Stillman
52,590.07
MBRS SCORE Yr14/Stillman
54,083.17
RTC Grant Expenditures FY 2008
3,649,671.68
Pertinent Information on RTC Scientists, Students, Staff, and
Others Who Support or Collaborate With the RTC RSO
Community
RTC faculty and senior scientists with descriptions of their research areas and interest are listed
in Appendix A. All other RTC RSO staff, students and volunteers are listed in Appendix B. A
gender breakdown and ethnic make up of the RTC faculty and senior scientists (Ph.D.), post
doctoral researchers, technicians, students, volunteers and staff listed in Appendices A and B are
presented in Table 5. Visiting scientists who actively worked at RTC during FY 2008-2009 with
RTC faculty and senior scientists are listed in Appendix C. Appendix D is the list of RTC faculty
and senior scientists peer-reviewed publications and Appendix E is their non-peer reviewed
publications during FY 2008-2009. All completed RTC science research Master’s theses are
listed in Appendix F. Those completed in FY 2008-2009 are noted with an asterisk. Courses
taught at RTC during the last five fiscal years (2004-2009) are listed in Appendix G. Courses
taught at SF State by RTC faculty and lecturers during the last five fiscal years are listed in
Appendix H. Information contained in Appendices A through H are summarized in Table 6 with
comparison information for the previous four fiscal years. Collaborators working with RTC
faculty and senior scientists are listed in Appendix I. Art Department faculty and students and
RTC tenants are listed in Appendix J. Appendix K lists the names, titles and organizational
affiliations of persons serving on the RTC Board of Advisors. Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 RTC
Seminar Series presentations are listed in Appendix L.
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Appendix A. Names of faculty and senior scientists actively engaged in the RSO’s research
and scholarly and creative activities or its supervision and their areas of research.
Roger Bland, (Emeritus), Physicist; studies underwater acoustical monitoring using sonar signals to measure
water temperature and current speed circulation patterns in SF Bay.
Katharyn E. Boyer, Wetland and Coastal Community Ecologist; studies the role of species interactions in
ecosystem functioning, invasive species, nutrient dynamics, and restoration in wetland and seagrass systems.
Edward J. Carpenter, Biological Oceanographer; studies the ecology of marine phytoplankton, particularly
cyanobacteria, and factors affecting primary productivity, phytoplankton species composition, and nutrient
cycling in the sea.
William P. Cochlan, Marine Microbial Ecologist/Biological Oceanographer; studies the physiology and
ecology of phytoplankton and bacteria, including Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
Sarah Cohen, Ecological Evolutionary Biologist and Population Geneticist; studies connectivity of marine
populations, human impacts on aquatic systems, immunogenetics and recognition systems.
Richard C. Dugdale, Biological Oceanographer/Biogeochemist; studies distributions and effects of nutrients
(including anthropogenic impacts)on oceanic productivity in estuarine, coastal, and equatorial upwelling areas.
Patricia G. Foschi, (Emeritus), Remote Sensing Specialist and Physical Geographer; integrates remote
sensing, GIS and data mining for wetland monitoring and management applications.
Newell Garfield, RTC Director and Physical Oceanographer; studies oceanic circulation in coastal regions and
over continental margins using remote sensing and free-drifting buoy technologies.
Wim Kimmerer, Biological Oceanographer; studies growth and predation processes in zooplankton, computer
modeling of ecological systems, and analysis of human impacts on estuarine and marine ecosystems.
Tomoko Komada, Biogeochemist; studies the dynamics of organic matter in marine and freshwater systems,
with focus on the factors affecting the long-term organic carbon cycle.
Dale Robinson, Phytoplankton Ecologist and Physiologist; examines changes in ocean productivity and
photosynthesis that result from variations in the physical environment.
Jonathon H. Stillman, Marine Ecological Physiologist; studies adaptations of marine organisms to
environmental stress, including temperature stress and the effects of climate change.
Frances P. Wilkerson, Marine biologist/Biological Oceanographer; studies the role of phytoplankton in
nitrogen cycling in coastal and estuarine ecosystems with a focus on diatom ecology and also marine symbiosis.
Appendix B. Names of postdoctoral fellows, research technicians, graduate students,
undergraduate student assistants, undergraduate interns, undergraduate volunteers, high
school students and administration and facilities staff directly contributing to the RSO who
are on the RSO’s payroll, participate through assistantships, fellowships, or traineeships,
or are otherwise involved in the RSO’s work.
Staff Member
Dr. Alex Parker
Al Marchi
Jan Davidson-Drexel
Sarah Blaser
James Fuller
Amy Kleckner
Veronica Hurde
Status
Post Doc
Research Technician
Research Assistant
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
High School Student Volunteer
Research Field/Role
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
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Peter Cohen
Kelly Kaiser
Ariel O’Callaghan
Dr. Sabrina Crispo
Leah Johnson
Jonathon Polly
Catherine Cassou
Diemme Le
Dr. Stephane Lefebvre
Dr. Nathan Miller
Dr. Abderrahmane Tagmount
Claudia Tomas
Andrea Cayenne
Tyler Waterson
Jose Luis Gomez
Adam Paganini
Paula Robinson
Mariah Bonner
Daria Ronges
Haydee Medina
Daniel Ghiglieri
Dr. Lindsay Sullivan
Toni Ignoffo
Anne Slaughter
Allegra Briggs
Alison Gould
Valerie Greene
Laurie Kara
James Robinson
Sean Robtla
Amal Babeleer
Russell Thibeault
Dr. Ina Benner
Joelle Tirindelli
Jeana Drake
Ulrika Lidstrom
Chris Ikeda
Brandon Russell
Michelle Drake
Julian Herndon
Brian Bill
Regina Radan
Mayra Flores
Dr. Brian Ort
Esa Crumb
Addie Evans
Tricia Goulding
Alyssa Lai
Marianna Padron
Ashley Smith
Ariel Tang
Verena Wang
Richard Coleman
Jessica Donald
Summer Morrisson
Amelia Rodelo
Gilbert Lam
Genn Pinnick
Volunteer
Volunteer
Volunteer
Post Doc
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Undergraduate Intern
Post Doc
Post Doc
Post Doc
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer
Post Doc
Research Technician
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
High School Volunteer
Volunteer
Volunteer
Post Doc
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergrad
Volunteer
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Post Doc
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Chemical Oceanography
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Ecology and Evolution
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Ryan Vega
Vanessa Guerra
Anton Horwath
Emily Ng
Alec Schlosser
Dwight Peterson
Max Hubbard
Aimee Good
Krista Kamer
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Research Technician/Program
Coordinator
Program & Outreach Coordinator
Matt Gough
Jim Pettigrew
Chris Raleigh
Lindsey Carr
Gavin Archbald
Gwen Conahan
Stephanie Kiriakopolos
Amelia Ryan
Patti Patterson
Cory Robinson
Diana Singh
Melanie Williams
Jose Blandino-Varus
Jean Claude Breach
Suji Grant
Diana Hull
Colin Nelson
Veronica Trujillo
Mele Uaisele
Ruben Echeverria
Katie Eskra
Linda Mayo
David Bell
Erin Blackwood
Doreen Britton
Jose Flores
Dinh Ho
Dennis Huggins
Gary Ingerson
Brita Larsson
David Morgan
Adria O’Dea
Raman Paul
Chanh Rattana
Donna Shadowens
Jennifer Viale
Research Technician
Research Technician
Equipment Specialist
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Intern/Undergraduate
Undergraduate Volunteer
Undergraduate Volunteer
Operations Director
Marine Superintendent
Education/Outreach Coordinator
Financial Coordinator
Site Maintenance Worker
Information Technology Tech
Facilities Maintenance Mechanic
Facilities Superintendent
Laboratory Coordinator
Marine Operations Manager
Marketing/Graphics Coordinator
Grants Administrator
Facilities Maintenance Worker
BCC/Events Manager
Administrative Coordinator
Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography/COCMP
Physical Oceanography/
COCMP/COAST
Physical Oceanography/COAST
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetland Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Administrative Staff
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Table 5. Male and female breakdown and ethnic make up of RTC faculty and senior
scientists (Ph.D.), post docs, technicians, students, volunteers and staff listed in
Appendices A and B.
Groups
Ph.D.s
Post Docs
Research
Technicians
Grad
Students
Student
Asst./
Undergrads
Intern/
Undergrad
Volunteer/
Undergrads
Volunteer
High
School
Student
Staff
White
12
8
African
American
Asian
1
Hispanic
Native
American
#
13
8
Male
8
5
Female
5
3
14
7
7
13
28*
6
22
21.5
1
3
2
.5
14
4
10
8
1
1
2.5
.5
13
6
7
5
1
3
3
7
7
2
4
5
3
3
6
1
3
1
4
16
3
9
1
7
4
11
3
1
Pacific
Island
1
1
1
1
Totals
124
54
70
91.5
4
12
12.5
2
* Art Department Students are not included. Ethnicity data are not requested of these students.
2
Appendix C. Visiting scientists who actively worked at RTC during the Fiscal Year 20082009 with faculty members or senior research scientists.
Gretchen Coffman, Wetlands Research Associates – Wetland Ecology Research
George McManus, University of Connecticut – Delta Smelt Foodweb Research
April Ridlon, University of California, Davis – Wetland Ecology Research
Gregory Ruiz, Smithsonian Institute - Invasive Species Studies Research
Michael Vasey, San Francisco State University – Botanist/Ecology Research
Heidi Weiskel, University of California, Davis – Wetland Ecology Research
Joanna York, University of Connecticut – Delta Smelt Foodweb Research
Appendix D. Peer-reviewed publications by RTC faculty and research scientists including
books, journal articles, and reports and reprints.
Anderson, D.M., J.M. Burkholder, W.P. Cochlan, P.M. Glibert, C.J. Gobler, C.A. Heil, R. Kudela, M.L. Parsons,
J.E. Rensel, D.W. Townsend, V.L. Trainer, and G.A. Vargo. 2008. Harmful algal blooms and
eutrophication: Examples of linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States. Harmful Algae 8:
39-53.
Boyer, K.E., J.S. Kertesz, and J.F. Bruno. 2009. Biodiversity effects on productivity and stability of marine
macroalgal communities: the role of environmental context. Oikos 118:1062-1072.
Brown, L.R., W.J. Kimmerer, and R.L. Brown. 2008. Managing water to protect fish: a review of California's
Environmental Water Account. Environmental Management. 43:357-368.
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Bruno, J. F., K.E. Boyer, S. C. Lee, and J. E. Duffy. 2008. Relative and interactive effects of plant and grazer
richness in a benthic marine community. Ecology 89:2518-2528.
Cochlan, W.P. 2008. Nitrogen Uptake in the Southern Ocean. In: Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, 2nd Edition,
D.G. Capone, D.A. Bronk, M.R. Mulholland, and E.J. Carpenter [Eds.]. Academic Press, Elsevier, pp. 569596.
Cochlan, W.P., J. Herndon, and R.M. Kudela. 2008. Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by the toxigenic diatom
Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae). Harmful Algae 8: 111-118.
Cristescu, M.E., D.J. Innes, J.H. Stillman and T.J. Crease. 2008. D- and L-lactate dehydrogenases during
invertebrate evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-8-268
Heisler, J., P.M. Glibert, J.M. Burkholder, D.M. Anderson, W. Cochlan, W.C. Dennison, Q. Dortch, C.J. Gobler,
C.A. Heil, E. Humphries, A. Lewitus, R. Magnien, H.G. Marshall, K. Sellner, D.A. Stockwell, D.K.
Stoecker, M. Suddleson. 2008. Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus. Harmful
Algae 8: 3–13.
Huntington, B. E. and K.E. Boyer. 2008. Evaluating patterns of nitrogen supply using macroalgal tissue content
and stable isotopic signatures in Tomales Bay, CA. Environmental Bioindicators 3:180-192.
Huntington B. E. and K.E. Boyer. 2008. Impacts of red macroalgal abundance (Gracilariopsis sp.) on eelgrass
(Zostera marina) in Tomales Bay, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367:133-142.
Kondolf, G. M., P. Angermeier, K. Cummins, T. Dunne, M. Healey, W.J. Kimmerer, P. B. Moyle, D. Murphy, D.
Patten, S. Railsback, D. Reed, R. Spies, and R. Twiss. 2008. Projecting cumulative benefits of multiple river
restoration projects: An example from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River System in California. Environmental
Management 42:933-945.
Kudela, R.M., J.Q. Lane, and W.P. Cochlan. 2008. The potential role of anthropogenically derived nitrogen in the
growth of harmful algae in California, USA. Harmful Algae 8: 103-110.
Ohtsuka, S., M. Otani, H.Y. Soh, M. Kim, W. Lee, C. Huang, W. Kimmerer, T. Shimono, T. Hanyuda, H. Kawai,
H. Ueda, and A. Yamaguchi. 2008. Relationships between presence or absence of non-indigenous copepods
and ballast water at some international ports of Japan. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 55:115-126.
Stillman, J.H., J.K. Colbourne, C.E. Lee, N.H. Patel, M.R. Phillips, D.W. Towle, B.D. Eads, G.W. Gelembuik, R.P.
Henry, E.A. Johnson, M.E. Pfrender, N.B. Terwilliger. 2008. Recent advances in crustacean genomics.
Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48(6): 852-868.
Wilkerson, F.P. and R.C. Dugdale. 2008. Coastal upwelling. In: “Nitrogen in the Marine Environment” Capone
et al. (eds). Elsevier Press, pp 765-801.
Choi, K.-H. and W. Kimmerer. 2009. Mating success and its consequences for population growth of an estuarine
copepod. Marine Ecology Progress Series 377: 183ˆ191.
Kimmerer, W.J., E.S. Gross, and M.L. MacWilliams. 2009. Is the response of estuarine nekton to freshwater flow
in the San Francisco Estuary explained by variation in habitat volume? Estuaries and Coasts 32:375-389.
Grimaldo, L., W. Kimmerer, and A.R. Stewart. 2009. Dietary segregation of pelagic and littoral fish assemblages
in a highly modified tidal freshwater estuary. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 1:200-217.
Kropuenske, L.R., M.M. Mills, G.L. van Dijken, S. Bailey, D.H. Robinson, N. A. Welschmeyer, and K. R. Arrigo.
2009. Photophysiology in two major Southern Ocean phytoplankton taxa: Photoprotection in Phaeocystis
antarctica and Fragilariopsis cylindrus. Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(4), 2009, 1176–1196.
Nacci, D., M. Huber, D. Champlin, S. Jayaraman, S. Cohen, E. Gauger**, A. Fong*, M. Gomez-Chiarri. 2009.
Trade-offs of contemporary evolution: pathogen susceptibility in a chemically-tolerant estuarine fish
population. Environmental Pollution, 157: 857- 864.
Pickell, L.D., M.L. Wells, C.G. Trick and W.P. Cochlan. 2009. A sea-going continuous culture system for
investigating phytoplankton community response to macro- and micro-nutrient manipulations. Limnol.
Oceanogr. Methods 7: 21-32.
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Trainer, V.L., B.M. Hickey, E.J. Lessard, W.P. Cochlan, C.G. Trick, M.L. Wells, A. MacFadyen, and S. Moore.
2009. Variability of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the Juan de Fuca Eddy region and its adjacent
shelves. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 289-308.
Trainer, V.L., M.L. Wells, W.P. Cochlan, C.G. Trick, B.D. Bill, K.A. Baugh, B. F. Beall, J. Herndon, and N.
Lundholm. 2009. An ecological study of a massive bloom of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata off the
Washington State coast. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 1461-1474.
Appendix E. Non-peer reviewed publications by RTC faculty and senior scientists.
Cohen, S. and G. Ruiz. Tunicate: Northward Spread, Diversity, Source, and Impact of Non-native Tunicates in
Alaska: Establishing a Monitoring and Education Network. Final Report submitted to National Sea Grant
Program & Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, September 2008.
Cohen, S. and G. Ruiz. Detecting the Early Spread of a Non-indigenous Colonial Ascidian Associated with
Recreational Docks. Final report to California Sea Grant, UCSD, Final progress report, March 2009.
Knowles, N., Foschi, P.G., and Pagan, K., 2008. Effects of Climate Variability and Change on the Vegetation and
Hydrology of the Bay-Delta Watershed, Final Report Deliverable for Task 4, CALFED Ecosystem Restoration
Program RA# ERP-02-P38, pp.44.
Knowles, N., Foschi, P.G., and Pagan, K., 2008. Effects of Climate Variability and Change on the Vegetation and
Hydrology of the Bay-Delta Watershed, Final Report Deliverable for Task 5, CALFED Ecosystem Restoration
Program RA# ERP-02-P38, pp.7.
Ort, B. and S. Cohen. 2008. Restoration Genetics: Evaluating Buoy-deployed Seeding for Restoration of Eelgrass
(Zostera marina) in San Francisco Bay. CICEET Progress Reports to September 2008. Final Report.
Appendix F. All research Master’s theses completed by RTC graduate students
** Indicates the seven theses completed in AY 08-09
Auro, Maureen, 2007. Nitrogenous Nutrition and Toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata: A Laboratory and Field
Based Experiment. William Cochlan, Advisor.
Barada, Laila, 2006. Nitrogen Assimilation in Diatoms Epression of GLNII During Eutrophication and Simulated
Upwelling. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Baesman , Shaun, 2008. The Use of Tellurium Oxyanions by Anaerobic Bacteria with the Formation of Elemental
Te Nanoparticals. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Bills, Jena 2004. Is Mid-Ocean Exchange Effective in Preventing the Invasion of Estuaries by Zooplankton from
Ships’ Ballast Tanks? Wim Kimmerer, Advisor
Bogan, Mark, 1997. Sulfide Detoxification by Catalyzed Oxidation in the Marine Worm Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp,
Advisor
Bouley, Paola, 2005 The Ecology Of A Highly Abundant, Introduced Estuarine Copepod in the Low-Salinity Zone
of the San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
Brey, Stacy, 2006. Population Distribution and Behavior Study of Golden Gate Freshwater Turtles. Carlos Crocker,
Advisor.
Briggs, Allegra, 2009. Mitochondiral COI Analysis of Tortanus dexrilobatus. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.**
Brown, Harmon, 2001. The Effects of Warm Water Intrusions on the Macrozooplankton and Micronekton of
Georges Bank. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Buchholz, James, 1982. Nitrogen Flux Between a Developing Salt Marsh and South San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Callaway, John, 1990. The Introduction of Spartina alterniflora in South San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn,
Advisor.
Carr, Lindsey, 2008. Food Chain Interactions in San Francisco Bay Eelgrass (Zostra marina) Beds: Implications for
Restoration. Kathy Boyer, Advisor.
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Chamberlain, Sarah, 1995. Comparison of Methods of Control Spartina alterniflora in San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Clay, Tansy, 2003. Effects of Thin Layers on the Vertical Distribution of Larval Herring (Clupea pallasi). Stephen
Bollens. Advisor
Coffman, Gretchen, 1998. Natural and Restored Salt Marsh Soil Seed Banks in San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Cohen, Sahrye, 2006. Growth of Native and Non-Indigenous Juvenile Fishes in Restored Versus Reference Tidal
Marsh Wetlands. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Cotter, Karen, 1991. Removal of Delairea odorata and Recovery of Vegetation on San Francisquito Creek. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Crumb, Esa, 2009. Mating System Characteristics of Two Unique Populations of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) in
San Francisco Bay. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.**
De Souza, Phillip, 1981. Lignicolous Marine Fungi of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
De Souza, Yvonne, 1981. Relationship of Salinity to Morphological and Physiological Variation is Estuarine
Populations of Gracilaria verrucose. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Drake, Jeana, 2008. Community Structure and Dynamics of Phytoplankton Blooms in Rodeo Lagoon, Golden Gate
National Recreation Area. Ed Carpenter, Advisor.
Dorman, Jeff, 2002. Euphausiids of the Northern California Upwelling System. Stephen Bollens, Advisor
Duffield, Joan, 1986. Waterbird Use of an Urban Stormwater Wetland System in Central California, USA. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Encomio, Vincent, 1998. Effects of Sulfide and Hypoxia on the Respiratory Physiology of Urechis caupo. Alissa
Arp, Advisor.
Eberl, Renate, 2005. Macrosetella gracilis: Copepod Abundance, Population-Structure and Association with the
Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Federline Dean, Amy, 2004. Marshes as a Source or Sink of an Estuarine Mysid: Demographic Patterns and Tidal
Flux of Neomysis kadiakensis at China Camp Marsh, San Francisco Estuary. Stephen Bollens, Advisor
Fiorillo, Adele, 1994. Effects of Crab Burrowing on Growth of Spartina in San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn,
Advisor.
Fulmer, Julia, 2004. Ecology of Chaetognaths and Larval Hake in a Temperate Fjord (Dabob Bay, WA). Stephen
Bollens, Advisor.
Gewant, Darren, 2003. The Distribution and Composition of Macrozooplankton and Micronekton in San Francisco
Bay. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Gifford, Scott, 2006. The Ecology of Planktonic Protozoa in Restored Versus Reference Tidal Marsh Wetlands.
Stephen Bollens and Gretchen Rollwagon Bollens, Co-Advisors.
Glassi, Eric, 2008. Thermal Influences on Gene Expression in the Intertidal Porcelain Crab , Petrolisthes
cinctipes. Jonathon Stillman, Advisor.**
Gough, Matthew, 2008. An Analysis of HF-Radar Measured Surface Currents, Gulf of the Farallones, California.
Newell Garfield, Advisor.
Gould, Alison, 2009. Growth and Fecundity of Limnoithona tetraspina: the Success of an Introduced Copepod
in Upper San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.**
Greer, Philip, 1998. Seed Depth, Elevation and Sedimentation Effects on Spartina foliosa Germination, Growth and
Mortality. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Grimaldo, Lenny, 2004. Diets and Carbon Sources of Fishes from Open-water, Edge, and SAV Habitats in Restored
Freshwater Wetlands of San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor
Harris, Holly, 2004. Distribution and Limiting Factors of Ostrea conchaphila in San Francisco Bay. Mike
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McGowan, Advisor.
Harrison, Kateri, 2003. Disturbance and Food-web Structure: 14 Streams in the San Francisco Bay Watershed. Neo
Martinez, Advisor.
Hernandez, John, 2000. Blood Characteristics of the Marine Echiuran Worm Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Herndon, Julian, 2003. Nitrogen Uptake by Heterosigma akashiwo: A Laboratory and Field Based Study. William
P. Cochlan, Advisor.
Hogue, Vickie, 2000. The Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Natural Phytoplankton Assemblages in Central San
Francisco Bay. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Hooff, Rian, 2002. Ecology of the Invasive, Predatory Copepod Tortanus dextrilobatus, in San Francisco Bay.
Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Huntington, Brittany, 2006. Is a macroalga bloom threatening seagrass survival? Responses of seagrass to increased
macroagal dominance in a northern California bay. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.
Huybrechs, Catherine, 2006. Detecting Egeria densa using a knowledge engine and spatio-contexual information.
Patricia Foschi, Advisor.
Ignoffo, Toni, 2004. Behavioral Responses of Microzooplankton to Vertical Heterogeneity (Thin Layers) in the
Ocean. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Johnson, Amber, 2004. The effect of Temperature on Silicification in Diatoms. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Johnson, Tessa, 2002. The Distribution and Feeding Behavior of Larval Herring in Estuarine Tidal Fronts. Stephen
Bollens, Advisor.
Kertesz, Johanna, 2006. The role of biodiversity in a fluctuating environment. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.
Kieu, Le, 2004. Seasonal Influence of Salt Marsh Plant on Methylmercury Production and Degradation over Small
Spatial Scales in South San Francisco Bay. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Kleckner, Amy, 2009. The Role of an Invasive Bivalve, Corbula amurensis, in the Suisun Bay Nitrogen Cycle.
Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.**
Koch, Florian, 2005. Exploring the Use of 32Si in an Urban Estuary: the Fate of Silicate in San Francisco Bay.
Richard Dugdale, Advisor.
Larsson, Brita 1996. A Comparative Investigation of Accretion Rates in Spartina alterniflora and Spartina foliosa.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Lassiter, Adria, 2003. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Phytoplankton Species in a Coastal Upwelling
Ecosystem. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Lew, Kevin, 2007. Methods Development to Apply the CytoSense Flow Cytometer to Evaluating Natural
Phytoplankton Community Structure, Richard Dugdale, Advisor.
Lidstrom, Ulrika, 2009. Primary Production, Biomass and Species Composition of Phytoplankton in the Low
Salinity Zone of the Northern San Francisco Estuary. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.**
Long, Regan, 2004. Northern California Shelf Circulation During January 2003: Possible Implications for Shelf
Retention. Newell Garfield, Advisor.
Lorenzi. Allison, 2006. Primary Productivity and rbcL gene expression in Central San Francisco Bay. Frances
Wilkerson, Advisor.
Los Hertos, Marc, 1992. Controls on Patterns of Seasonal Wetland Vegetation, South San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Lougee, Ladd, 2000. The Effects of Haloclines on Zooplankton in San Francisco Bay. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Martin, Bill, 1999. Comparison of Benthic Productivity: Restored and Natural Tidal Marshes, San Francisco Bay.
Martindale, Molly, 1987. Salicornia europa I. and Salicornia virginica I. on a San Francisco Bay Salt Marsh: A
Study of Factors Contributing to Their Zonation Pattern. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
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Matsumoto, Yukari, 2004. The Spatial Patterns and Growth Rates of an Invasive Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
and the Influences on Sedimentation in Alameda Marsh. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
McKinnon, Rodney, 1988. The Rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) as A Vector of Nutrition in Laval Rearing. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Melton, Lee, 1998. Computer-assisted Classification of Suburban Areas in Satellite Imagery Through the Use of
Artificial Neural Networks. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
Mills, Camra, 2006. Survey and analysis of the Prevalence and Intensity of Helminth Parasite Infections in Stranded
California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus). Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Mincks, Sarah, 1998. Distribution, Abundance and Feeding of Decapods in the Arabian Sea. Stephen Bollens,
Advisor.
Murphy, Jennifer, 2008. Salt Marsh Soil Amendments and Their Effect on Spartina foliosa Restoration around the
San Francisco Bay. Ed Carpenter, Advisor.
Murray, Alison, 1994. Community Fingerprint Analysis – A Molecular Method for Studying Marine
Bacterioplankton Diversity. James Hollibaugh, Advisor.
Nguyen, Rosalee, 2006. Effects of Different Substrates on Foraging Behavior and Growth Rate of larval green
sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Odaya, Mami, 2005. Biomass Estimation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Techniques, A Test Study in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Northern California. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
Papastephanou, Kathy, 2005. Cross-Shelf Distribution of Copepods in the Central California Upwelling Zone.
Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Pearson, Jennifer, 2000. Fish and Mysids in Two Creeks/Estuary Systems in Marin County, California. Advisor
Michael McGowan.
Pence II, William, 1985. The Effects of Saline Agricultural Drainage Effluent on the Growth of Selected Species of
Estuarine Macroalgae of Northern San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Perron-Burdick, Anya, 2007. Integrated Management Techniques for the Eradication and Control of Lepidium
latifolium (Perennial Peppergrass) in the San Francisco Estuary. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.
Perez, Rick, 1981. Salt Marsh Restoration from Former Salt Evaporators: Changes in Sediment Properties. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Peterson, Heather, 2002. Long-term Benthic Community Changes in a Highly Invaded Estuary. Wim Kimmerer,
Advisor.
Piechnik, Denise, 2002. Food Web Assembly During a Classic Biogeographic Study: Fractions of Trophic
Specialists Increase over Time. Neo Martinez, Advisor.
Polly, Jonathon, 2009. Harnessing Natural C Isotopes to Understand Organic Matter Transformations in
Marine Sediments. Tomoko Komada, Advisor.**
Puleston, Cedric, 2003. Structural Analyses of the Food Web of Mirror Lake, New Hampshire. Neo Martinez,
Advisor.
Purkerson, David, 2000. Selenium in San Francisco Bay Zooplankton. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Radan, Regina, 2008. Nutrient Uptake and Toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidate: A Laboratory and Field Based
Experiment. William Cochlan, Advisor.
Reed, Tim, 2003. Analyzing SeaWIFS Using GIS: Phytoplankton Blooms in the Bering Sea. Dale Robinson,
Advisor.
Righetti-Judah, Linda, 2002. Phytoplankton Community Structure and Seasonal Succession in Tomales Bay, CA.
Frances Wilkerson, Advisor
Roe, Russell, 1999. Mapping Cover Classes of Baccharis pilularis with Landsat TM Imagery. Trish Foschi,
Advisor.
Roepke, Troy, 2001. A New Model for Sulfide Exposure Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Alissa Arp,
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Advisor.
Rogoff, Dana, 2006. Identification and Characterization of Microbes in South San Francisco Bay Solar Salt Ponds:
An Application for Restoration. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Sanford, Ukina, 2006. The Effects of Anoxia on Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow in Sliders, Trachemys
scripta. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Seto, Shelley, 1997. Excretion of Sulfide Oxidation Endproducts in Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Shellem, Bernie, 1981. Physiological Ecology of Entromorpha clathrata (Roth.) Grev. on a Salt Marsh Mudflat.
Silva, Javier, 2008. Hemo Catecholamine Responses in Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) Due to Air
Exposure. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Speekmann, Christa, 2000. The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Vertical Distribution and Mortality of
Zooplankton. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Spicher, Douglas, 1984. The Ecology of Caespitose Cordgrass (Spartina sp.) Introduced to San Francisco Bay.
Statile, Jennifer, 2004. H2S Producing Activity in Marine Invertebrate Tissues. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Stoltz, Gretchen, 2002. The Biology and Natural History of Pleurobrachia pileus on Georges Bank. Stephen
Bollens, Advisor.
Stierwalt, Robin, 1998. Relationships Between Physiological Response and Shell Morphology in Three Species of
Littorine Snails of the Central California Coast. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Tirindelli, Joelle, 2006. Immunogenetic Variation in Estuarine Fish from Habitats with Varying Chemical
Contaminant Loads. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Vaccaro, Erin, 2003. Structural Analyses of the Lake Tahoe Food Web. Neo Martinez, Advisor.
Ver Steeg, Juliana, 1981. Contributions to the Taxonomy and Morphology of Cryptopleura
(Rhodophyta:Delesseriaceae). Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Visintainer, Tammie, 2003. Community Composition and Diet of Fishes as a Function of Tidal Channel Order: A
Field Study in China Camp Marsh, San Francisco Estuary. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Waters, Wayne G., 1985. The Effects of Restoration/Management Projects on the Essential Habitat of Five
Endangered Wildlife Species Utilizing the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
White, Brendan 1995. The Shorebird Foraging Response to the Eradication of the Introduced Cordgrass, Spartina
alterniflora. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Willsie, Julia, 1999. Sulfite and Thiosulfate are Products of Detoxification in Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Wunderlich, Veronica, 2006. Effects of Elevated Temperature on Hypoxia on Growth of Age-0 Green Sturgeon,
Acipenser medirostris. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Yorty, Jennifer, 2007. Nitrogen Fixation at Six San Francisco Bay Tidal Wetlands. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Zaremba, Katie, 2002. Comparison of Native and Non-native Cordgrass and Hybrids in San Francisco Bay.
Theses work in progress:
Archbald, Gavin. Evaluating the Potential for Spread of an Invasive Forb, Limonium ramosissimum, in San
Francisco Bay Salt Marshes. Kathy Boyer, Advisor.
Fuller, James. Using Estuarine Phytoplankton to Study the Physiological Effects of Elevated Atmospheric pCO2 on
Algal Growth. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Goulding, Tricia. Examining genetic variation of the acanthocephalan Profilicollis altmani, parasitizing mole crabs
(Emerita spp.). Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
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Hubbard, Maxwell. Verification and Harmonic Analysis of San Francisco Bay Surface Currents Utilizing HF Radar.
Newell Garfield, Advisor
Kiriakopolos, Stephanie. The Role of Environment and Depth in Driving Phenotypic Variation in Zostera marina.
Kathy Boyer, Advisor.
Lai, Alyssa. Use of genetics to resolve phylogenetic relationships for the conservation of endemic Bermuda killifish
(Fundulus bermudae/relictus). Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Padron, Mariana. Phylogeography of two sympatric seahorses from the Caribbean: using mitochondrial and nuclear
DNA variation for conservation. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Ryan, Ameilia. Salinity and Nitrogen Interactions in Sarcocornia pacifica Dominated Salt Marshes. Kathy Boyer,
Advisor.
Smith, Ashley. The Influence of Hydrodynamics on the Reproductive Ecology of the Brooding Sea-star,
Leptasterias aequalis. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Tang, Ariel. The identification of asexual and sexual reproduction patterns of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in San
Francisco Bay. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Wang, Verena. Investigating Recently Invaded Populations of Botryllus schlosseri Using a Highly Variable Fusion
locus. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Waterson, Tyler. The Effect of Acclimization and Symbiont Type on Gene Expression During Thermal Stress in the
Coral Acropora hyacinthus. Jonathon Stillman, Advisor.
Xi, Chelsea. Is there a synergistic effect of thermal and osmotic stress on metabolic performance in freshwater
zooplankton? Jonathon Stillman, Advisor.
Appendix G. Course information and enrollments for classes taught at RTC for the five
academic years between 2004 and 2009.
COURSE
Fall 04
Biol 582
Biol 863
Geol 465/765
Spring 05
Biol 502
Biol 534
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 865
Chem 877
TITLE
INSTRUCTOR
UNITS
ENROLLMENT
Biological Oceanography
Marine Symbioses
Carpenter
Wilkerson
Garfield
4
2
3
19
10
4
Biology of Algae
Wetland Ecology
Ecophysiology of HABs
Molecular Marine Ecology and Evolution
Plankton Ecology
Environmental Physiology
Marine Organic Geochemistry
Wilkerson
Boyer
Cochlan
Cohen
Carpenter
Crocker
Komada
3
4
2
2
2
2
3
11
5
5
6
5
8
4
Josselyn
Boyer
Vasey
Reed
4
2
2
2
6
8
6
9
106
Summer 05
Wetland Science Course Series
(taught through CEL)
Biol 9315
Wetland Delineation
Biol 9395
Wetland Restoration Ecology
Biol 9350
Wetland Plant Identification
Biol 9100
GIS for Wetlands
Total AY 04-05 RTC Enrollment
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Fall 05
Biol 582
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 863
Spring 06
Biol 534
Biol 863
Chem 677
Adaptations to Coastal
Environments
Ecosystems Ecology
Molecular Marine Ecology &
Evolution
Carpenter
Stillman
4
2
20
3
Wilkerson
Cohen
2
2
8
5
Wetland Ecology
Plankton Ecology
Boyer
Carpenter
Komada
4
2
3
10
4
13
Josselyn
Vasey
1.6 CEU
1.6 CEU
13
14
90
Summer 06
Biol 9315
Wetland Delineation
Biol 9350
Wetland Plant Indicator Species
Fall 06
Biol 582
Biol 586
Biol 862
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 865
Biol 9350
Marine Ecology Lab
Topics in Evolution
Aquatic Communities
Marine Symbiosis
Environmental Physiology
Wetland Plant Identification
Carpenter
Cohen
Cohen
Stillman
Wilkerson
Stillman
Vasey
4
1
2
2
2
2
2 CEU
21
5
4
16
10
8
14
Spring 07
Biol 502
Biol 534
Biol 631
Biol 863
Biol 833
Chem 677
Biology of the Algae
Wetland Ecology
Animal Physiology Lab
Plankton Ecology
Current RTC Research
Wilkerson
Boyer
Stillman
Carpenter
Garfield
Komada
3
4
2
2
1
3
10
15
11
4
13
11
Biol 9001
Biol 9007
Biol 9002
Wetland Delineation
Ecology of Invasive Species
Tidal Wetland Hydrology
Coffman
Boyer/Zabin
Kamman/
Kamman
4 CEU
.8 CEU
1.6 CEU
18
11
17
Summer 07
No classes given
Fall 07
Biol 582
Biol 862
Molecular Evolution &
Conservation
188
Carpenter
Cohen
4
2
19
8
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Biol 862
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 883
Ocn 465/765
Biol 9395
Biol 9100
Vegetation Patterns and Processes
Ecophysiology of HAB’s
Ecosystem Ecology
Current Research at RTC
Wetlands Restoration Ecology
GIS for Wetlands
Foschi
Cochlan
Wilkerson
Stillman
Garfield/Edwards
Coffman
Nickel
Spring 08
Biol 315
Biol 585
Biol 586
Biol 631
Biol 863
Biol 833
Biol 9001
Ecology of San Francisco Bay
Marine Ecology Lecture
Marine Ecology Lab
Plankton Ecology
Wetland Delineation
Blackwood
Cohen
Cohen
Stillman
Carpenter
Komada
Coffman
2
2
2
2
4
4 CEU
1.6 CEU
8
5
13
14
6
6
7
NC
3
2
3
2
1
4 CEU
6
18
16
8
7
8
12
Total AY 07-08
Fall 08
Biol 582
Biol 863
Biol 883
Chem 680
Biol 9350
161
Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Komada
Komada
Vasey
4
2
2
3
1.6 CEU
23
8
11
10
8
Biol 9395
Marine Symbiosis
Current Research at RTC
Identifying Wetland Plant
Indicator Species
Wetlands Restoration Ecology
Coffman
1.6 CEU
8
Spring 09
Biol 502/702
Biol 534
Biol 631/731
Biol 833
Biol 9001
Biology of the Alage
Wetland Ecology
Wetland Delineation
Wilkerson
Boyer
Stillman
Stillman
Coffman
3
4
4
1
4 CEU
Total AY 08-09
12
17
12
11
11
131
Appendix H. Course information and enrollments for classes taught by RTC faculty and
staff on campus for the five academic years between 2004 and 2009.
COURSE
TITLE
INSTRUCTOR
UNITS
ENROLLMENT
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Total AY 04-05 Enrollment
Fall ‘05
Biol 160
GE Marine Biology
Bio 532
Biol 612
Biol 630
Biol 865
Chem 380
Geol 102
Restoration Ecology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology
Extreme Biology
Environmental Pollution
Intro to Oceanography
708
Carpenter/
Cochlan
Boyer
Crocker
Crocker
Crocker
Komada
Garfield
3
74
4
3
3
2
3
3
19
118
36
10
33
27
Spring ‘06
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 300
Nature Study
Biol 585
Marine Ecology
Biol 630
Animal Physiology
Metr 490
Remote Sensing for Geologists
Cochlan
Wilkerson
Cohen
Stillman
Garfield
3
3
3
3
3
130
25
20
61
9
562
Fall ‘06
Biol 160
Biol 532
Biol 863
Chem 320
Chem 380
Metr 200
Metr
465/765
Carpenter
Boyer
Boyer
Komada
Komada
Garfield
Garfield
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
122
22
12
25
14
16
7
Carpenter
Cochlan
Cohen
Stillman
3
3
3
3
109
67
21
65
480
Marine Biology
Restoration Ecology
Aquatic Communities
Modern Methods of Quantitative Chemistry
Introduction to Oceanography
Spring ‘07
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 585
Marine Ecology
Biol 630
Animal Physiology
Fall ‘07
Biol 160
Biol 160
Biol 630
Biol 863
Chem 320
Chem 380
Marine Biology
Marine Biology
Animal Physiology
Adaptations to Coastal Environments
Modern Methods of Quantitative Chemistry
Carpenter
Cochlan
Stillman
Stillman
Komada
Komada
3
3
3
2
2
3
75
111
64
6
21
35
Spring ‘08
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Carpenter
3
112
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Biol 300
Nature Study
Wilkerson
3
23
447
Fall ‘08
Biol 532
Bio 630
Biol 863
Chem 320
Restoration Ecology
Animal Physiology
Aquatic Communities
Quantitative Analysis Lab
Boyer
Stillman
Boyer
Komada
3
3
2
2
32
69
5
22
Spring ‘09
Biol 160
Chem 340
Marine Biology
Carpenter
Komada
3
3
125
61
314
Table 6. Summary of RTC RSO information found in Appendices A through H for Fiscal
Year 2008-2009 and with similar summary information for the previous four fiscal
years.
Appendix
Category
2004-2005
Total
Number
21
2005-2006
Total
Number
19
2006-2007
Total
Number
15
2007-2008
Total
Number
15
2008-2009
Total
Number
13
4
6
7
9
8
A
Faculty and Senior Scientists
B
Postdoctoral Associates
B
Research Technicians
25
18
16
16
14
B
Graduate Students (including art
students)
38
50
41
44
42
B
Student Assistants/Undergrads
13
6
17
15
14
B
Interns/Undergraduates
4
0
1
8
13
B
Volunteers/Undergraduates
3
8
10
11
7
B
Volunteers
10
12
8
7
7
B
High School Students
3
3
3
2
4
B
Staff
13
23
21
14
16
C
Visiting Scientists
6
12
18
8
7
D
E
Peer reviewed publications
Non peer reviewed publications
76
30
26
12
23
12
2
0
0
5
F
Theses Completed by
RTC Students (total to date)
RTC enrollments
Campus enrollments for RTC
faculty
70
83
89
97
104
101
76
188
161
131
713
562
480
447
314
G
H
Appendix I. RTC RSO collaborators from other CSU campuses, universities, government
organizations, industry and non-governmental organizations.
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Names and Affiliations of Off Campus Co-Principal Investigators who Collaborate with RTC PI’s:
(KB = Kathy Boyer, EC = Edward Carpenter, WC = William Cochlan, SC = Sarah Cohen, RD = Richard Dugdale,
PF = Patricia Foschi, NG = Newell Garfield, WK = Wim Kimmerer, TK = Tomoko Komada, DR = Dale Robinson,
JS = Jonathon Stillman, FW = Frances Wilkerson)
Ian Archibald, Cellana LLC & Shell Global Solutions - WC
Anna Armitage, Texas A & M at Galveston - KB
Barney Balch, Bigelow Marine Laboratory - RD, FW
Richard Barber, Duke University - RD, FW
Daniel Barshis, University of Hawaii - JS
Bill Bennett, University of California, Davis - WK
Birgitta Bergman, Botanical Institute, Stockholm University - EC
Robert Bidigare, University of Hawaii - WC
Chuck Birkland, University of Hawaii - JS
Loo Botsford, University of California, Davis - NG
Larry Brown, USGS - WK
Susan Brown, University of Hawaii - WC
Andrew Brooks, University of California, Santa Barbara - KB
John Bruno, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - KB
Mark Brzezinski, University of California, Santa Barbara - RD, FW
Ann Bucklin, University of Connecticut - SC
David Burdige, Old Dominion University - TK
Lisa Campbell, Texas A&M University - EC
Douglas Capone Wrigley Institute for Environmental Science, University of Southern California - EC
John Colburne, Indiana University - JS
Craig Cary, University of Delaware - EC
Fei Chai, University of Maine - RD, FW
Keun-Hyung Choi, Anyang University, Korea - WK
Jim Cloern, United States Geologic Survey - RD, FW, WK
Kenneth Coale, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory - NG, DR
Curt Collins, Naval Postgraduate School - RD, NG
Michael Conner, San Francisco Estuary Institute - NG
Richard Connon, Univeristy of California, Davis - WK
Natalie Cosention-Manning, NOAA Restoration Center - KB, C, WK
Mitchell Craig, California State University East Bay - NG, DR
Greg Crawford, Humboldt State University - NG, DR
John Cullen, Dalhousie University, Canada - WC
Susan Wainwright de la Cruz, U.S. Geological Survey - KB
Micky de Salvo, University of California, Merced - JS
Jesse Dillon, California State University, Long Beach - TK
Abe Doherty, California Coastal Conservancy - KB
Ellen Druffel, University of California, Irvine - TK
J. Emmett Duffy, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences - KB
Rusty Fairey, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory - WK
Bessy Fan, Cellana LLC & Shell Global Solutions - WC
Erica Fleishman, University of California, Santa Barbara - WK
Peggy Fong, University of California, Los Angeles - KB, WK
Mark Fonseca, NOAA/NOS, Beaufort, North Carolina - KB, SC
Ruth Gates, University of Hawaii - JS
Patricia Glibert, University of Maryland - RD, FW
John Graybeal, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - DR
Erin Grey, Tulane University - SC
Ted Grosholz, University of California Davis - WK
Ed Gross, Bay Modeling - NG, WK
Mark Hahn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - SC
Allan Hastings, University of California, Davis - RD
Healy Hamilton, California Academy of Sciences - SC
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Lora Harris, University of Maryland - WK
Mike Healey, University of British Columbia - WK
Barbara Hickey, University of Washington - WC
J.T. Hollibaugh, University of Georgia - WK
Ed Houde, University of Maryland - WK
Brittany Huntington, University of Miami, KB
Mark Huntley, University of Hawaii & Cellana LLC - WC
Zackary Johnson, Duke University - WC
Michael Kemp, University of Maryland - WK
Heather Kerkering, Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) - NG, DR
David Kimmel, East Carolina University - WK
Raphael Kudela, University of California, Santa Cruz - WC, RD, NG, FW, DR
Isao Kudo, Hokkaido University - WC
Dietmer Kultz, University of California, Davis - JS
Rikk Kvitek, California State University Monterey Bay - NG
Mike Landry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography - RD, FW
John Largier, University of California, Davis - RD, NF, FW, DR, WK
Steve Le, Science Applications International Cooperation - DR
Evelyn Lessard, University of Washington - WC
Erika Lindquist, Joint Genome Institute - JS
Jere Lipps, University of California, Berkeley - JS
Lisa Lucas, USGS - WK
Ralph Mac Nally, Monash University - WK
Erica McFee-Shaw, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory - NG, DR
George McManus, University of Connecticut - WK
Monica Medina, University of California, Merced - JS
Mark Moline, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - NG, DR
Stephen Monismith, Stanford University - WK
Jeff Mount, University of California, Davis - WK
Peter Moyle, University of California, Davis - WK
Anke Mueller-Solger, CALFED - WK
Diane Nacci, NHEERL EPA - SC
Ken Newman, US Fish and Wildlife Service - WK
Karina Nielson, Sonoma State University - NG, JS, DR
David Nelson, Oregon State University - RD, FW
Susumu Ohtsuka, Hiroshima University - WK
Peggy Olofson, Ocean Conservancy SF Invasive Spartina Project - TF
Charley O’Kelly, University of Hawaii - WC
Mark Outerbridge, Bermuda Natural History Survey - SC
Jeff Paduan, Naval Postgraduate School - NG
Angela Pena, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada DFO - WC
Rick Pieper, California State University Long Beach – NG
Mark Page, University of California, Santa Barbara - KB
Stephen Ramp, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - DR
Betsy Read, California State University, San Marcos - JS
Donald Redalje, University of Southern Mississippi - WC
Tim Reed, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - DR
Laura Reynolds, University of Virginia - KB
Jan Roletto, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - NG
Kenny Rose, Louisiana State University - WK
Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - SC, WK
Sergio Sañudo-Wilhelmy, University of Southern California - EC
David Secor, University of Maryland - WK
Frank Shaughnessy, Humboldt State University - NG, DR
Brent Sinclair, University of Western Ontario - JS
George Somero, Stanford University - JS
Ted Sommer, CA Dept of Water Resources - WK
Mark Stacey, University of California, Berkeley – NG, WK
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Ajit Subramaniam, LDEO - EC
Yasunori Saito, Shimoda Marine Laboratory, Tsulcuba University - SC
Shigenobu Takeda, University of Tokyo - WC
Swee The, Univeristy of California, Davis -WK
Jim Thompson, Monash Universit - WK
Janet Thompson, United States Geologic Survey - RD, FW, WK
Rick Thomson, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada DFO -WC
Robert Toonen, University of Hawaii -JS
Vera Trainer, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA - WC
Charles Trick, University of Western Ontario - WC
Atsushi Tsuda, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo - WC
Mark Wells, University of California, Santa Cruz, SC
Inge Werner, University of California Davis - WK
Christine Whitcraft, California State University, Long Beach -TK
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, University of Washington - KB
Patricia Yager, University of Georgia - WK, EC
Chela Zabin, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - WK
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Appendix J. The SF State Art Department utilizes one floor in Building 49 and three
research groups lease laboratory and office space at RTC. The names of these students and
researchers and their staff are listed below along with their affiliations.
Dr. Gail Dawson
Karrie Hovey
Josh Bagigalupi
Ayanna Bassiouni
Robert Garcia
Aaron Granich
Matt Kennedy
Taryn McCabe
Michael Namkung
Jeff Ray
Clare Szydlowski
Gwen Tatro
Allison Tungseth
Jessica Walker
Holly Williams
Angie Wilson
Gail Ashton
Christopher Brown
Chela Zabin
Safra Altman
Sarikka Attoe
Andy Chang
Tom Caudle
Molly Dodge
Matt Krueger
Heather Martin
Kirsten Fletcher
Lou Gavino
Eli Gilad
Gabrielle Leblanc
Tricia Lively
Carl Mackewicz
Tien Nguyen
Nadine Pavloff
Peter Ralph
James Salach
Krystal Sanzda
Ben Schooler
Matt Ashby
Christine Clarke
Kimererly Cook
Dago Dimster-Denk
Ulrika Lidstrom
Melena Price
Savanna Baker-Leyva
Ladonna Wood
Associate Professor
Fellow
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Visiting Scientist
Visiting Scientist
IT Specialist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Accountant
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Office Manager
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Student Assistant
Research Scientist
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
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Appendix K. Names, titles, and organizational affiliations of persons serving on the RTC
Board of Advisors.
ROMBERG TIBURON CENTER BOARD OF ADVISORS
Chairman of the Board: Henry Broderick
Vice Chairman: Robert Ohrenschall
Director: Dr. Newell Garfield
Name
Annelies Atchley
Committee Assignment
Affiliation/Business
Artist/Educator
Howard Allen
Advancement Committee
Belvedere Land Company
Scott Anderson
Facilities Committee
City of Tiburon
Dr. Sheldon Axler
Ex-Officio
Benjamin Barnes
Nominating Committee
FCB
George Brewster
Nominating Committee
UBS Wealth Management
Henry “Hank” Broderick
Government Affairs Committee
Retired Marin Co. Superior
Court Judge
Dr. Margaret “Meg” Burke
California Academy of Sciences
Margaret A. Elliot
College of Marin
Dr. Terrence Gosliner
Robert Heller
Federal Reserve Board
Stacy Holzman
Seidel/Holzman
Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford
Medical Principal Investigator
Retired NASA Astronaut
Russell D. Keil, Jr.
Keil Estate Management Co.
Dr. James Kelley
Retired SF State College of Science
&
Engineering Dean
Dr. Michael W. Keran
Intermittent Economic Advisor
John H. Kern
Professional Engineer
Don Lollock
Government Relations
Committee
BCDC/Retired from California
Department of Fish and Game
Robert Ohrenschall
Emeritus Addison Design (formerly
Soyster & Ohrenschall, Inc.)
Dr. Mark D. Reynolds
Government Affairs Committee
The Nature Conservancy
Ed Ueber
Gulf of the Farallones/Cordell Bank
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Effie Westervelt
James G. Wilson, AIA
Architect (AIA)/Professional
Engineer
Dr. Wendy Abraham
Ex-Officio
Development Office, SF State
Erin Blackwood
Ex-Officio
RTC Outreach Coordinator
Dr. Newell Garfield
Ex-Officio
Director, RTC
Professor of Oceanography/SF State
Brooke Halsey
Ex-Officio
Tiburon Salmon Institute
Dr. Jaime Kooser
Ex-Officio
Director, SF Bay NERR
Linda Mayo
Ex-Officio
Operations Director, RTC
Verena Wang
Ex-Officio
RTC Student Assoc. Rep
Jennifer Viale
Ex-Officio
Administrative Coordinator, RTC
Dr. Alissa Arp
Honorary Board Member
Dean, Southern Oregon University
Dr. Sarane Bowen
Retired SF State Professor
Phyllis Faber
Botanist
Dr. Marty Griffin
Physician
Bettina Hughes
Educator
Gabriella Isaacson
Dr. Mike Josselyn
Retired SF State
Professor/Consultant
Doug McConnell
Bay Area Backroads
Dr. John McCosker
Dr. John Northwood
Northwood and Associates
Geophysicist
Betsey Scarborough
John Silcox
Retired Chevron
Dr. Thomas Spencer
SF State Professor of Psychology
Ann Stephens
Compton Foundation
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David Werdegar
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Appendix L. The list of seminars presented in the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 RTC Seminar
Series.
RTC SEMINAR SERIES, FALL SEMESTER, 2008
Date
Type
Aug 27
Sept 3
RTC
Postdoc
Sept 10
Invited
Speaker
Speaker and Title
Toby Garfield: Welcome to a new year at RTC!
Brita Larsson: Safety at RTC
Gail Ashton, SERC
Host
Location
BCC,
North
BCC,
North
Trends between shipping arrivals and species introductions in
North America: an analysis at the bioregion scale. (With a
prologue concerning non-native Caprellidae)
Petra Dekens, GeoSciences SF State
Coastal and equatorial upwelling conditions during a time of
global warmth
BCC,
South
Garfield
Alyssa Lai, Cohen Lab
Sept 17
RTC
Grads
Use of genetics to resolve phylogenetic relationships for the
conservation of endemic Bermuda killifishes (Fundulus
bermudae and F. relictus)
BCC,
South
Gavin Archbald, Boyer Lab
Evaluating the Potential for Spread of an Invasive Forb,
Limonium ramosissimum, in San Francisco Bay Salt Marshes
Sept 24
RTC
postdoc
Oct 1
RTC
postdoc
Sabrina Crispo, Komada Lab
BCC,
South
The transport and removal of dissolved trace metals in
mesoscale anticyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Alaska
Ina Benner, Carpenter Lab
BCC,
North
The utilization of organic nutrients by coccolithophores
Esa Crumb, Cohen Lab
Oct 8
RTC
Grads
Pollination in the sea: A genetic comparison of the mating
system of an annual and perennial population of eelgrass
B39
(Admin)
Room 201
Valerie Greene, Kimmerer Lab
Impacts of an Invasive Clam on the Micro-zooplankton
Community of the Northern San Francisco Estuary
Oct 15
RTC
Postdoc
Oct 22
Invited
Speaker
Nathan Miller, Stillman Lab
BCC,
South
Buried Alive: Exploring How Multiphase Transport Processes
Influence the Conditions in Sea Turtle Nests and Nesting
Beaches
Tessa Hill, Bodega Marine Laboratory UC Davis
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine systems: Lessons from
coastal oceanographic datasets, deep-sea corals, and
laboratory cultures.
Komada
BCC,
South
Ashley Smith, Cohen Lab
Oct 29
RTC
Grads
The Influence of Hydrodynamics on the Reproductive Ecology of
the Brooding Sea-star, Lepasterias aequalis
Tyler Waterson, Stillman Lab
BCC,
South
Gene expression during thermal stress in the coral Acropora
hyacinthus
Nov 5
RTC
postdoc
Nov 12
RTC PI
Heidi Weiskel
Nutrient loading & benthic native-invasive species dynamics
Kathy Boyer
Multiple approaches to restoration and conservation of eelgrass
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BCC,
North
BCC,
South
(Zostera marina) in San Francisco Bay
Nov 19
Invited
Speaker
Nov 26
Dec 3
Invited
Speaker
Dec 10
Invited
Speaker
Mark Carr, UC Santa Cruz:
Science Informing California's Marine Life Protection Act
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Stillman
BCC,
South
Boyer
BCC,
South
Kimmerer
BCC,
South
Susan Wainwright de La Cruz, UC Davis:
Cross-seasonal implications of winter foraging ecology and
contaminant accumulation in San Francisco Bay surf scoters
(Melanitta perspicillata)
Rita Mehta, UC Davis:
The Evolution of Cranial Forms in Anguilliform Fishes
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minar S
Date
Jan 28
RTC Spring 2009 Seminar Series
Speaker
Stephane Lefebvre
RTC Postdoctoral Associate
Feb 4
Feb 11
Title
Light harvesting protein and dimethyl sulfide in Emiliania huxleyi
RTC Poster Social
RTC Graduate Students:
Andrea Cayenne (Stillman Lab)
Identifying novel protein stabilizers by co-immunoprecipitation in
porcelain crabs, genus Petrolisthes
Mariana Padron (Cohen Lab)
Seahorse conservation: Using mitochondrial and MHC variation to
identify conservation units
Global mapping of genetic and chemical-genetic networks in yeast
Ashby
Cohen
Feb 18
Charlie Boone
University of Toronto
Feb 25
Mark Denny
Stanford University
Ecomechanics: Predicting extreme ecological events
Mar 4
Alex Parker
RTC Postdoctoral Associate
Mar 11
Edward Carpenter
RTC
Material and energy flow for the pelagic foodweb of the northern
San Francisco Estuary: the role of primary producers and the
microbial loop
Nitrogen fixation in the worlds oceans; Trichodesmium, the
fascinating and enigmatic cyanobacterium
Mar 18
Apr 1
Apr 8
No Seminar (CAERS Meeting)
Taro Amagata
SF State Chemistry &
Biochemistry
Brian Bergamaschi
US Geological Survey
Exploring drug candidates from the sea
Komada
Komada
Apr 15
Erika McPhee-Shaw
Moss Landing Marine Lab
A large-scale carbon biosequestration demonstration project in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Carbon Capture Wetland
Farming as a means to elevate land surface and sequester
atmospheric carbon dioxide on subsided Delta islands
Continental margin boundary-interior exchange in the Monterey
Bay and Central Coast
Apr 22
Max Hubbard (Garfield Lab)
Tidal analysis of surface currents in San Francisco Bay
Leah Johnson (Komada Lab)
Apr 29
Host
Frances Wilkerson
RTC
A dry combustion method to determine natural 13C and 14C
abundances in marine dissolved organic carbon
Phytoplankton, productivity, estuarine outflow and upwelling in
the Gulf of the Farallones
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Garfield
May 6
Cynthia Hayes
UC Davis
The evolutionary ecology of species distributions in the rocky
intertidal
May 13
Tricia Goulding (Cohen Lab)
Mystery parasites: Using genetics to examine Acanthocephalan
parasites in multiple aquatic hosts
Laurie Kara (Kimmerer Lab)
TBD
This Seminar Series is funded in part by generous funding from the RTC Board Members.
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Fire Department Training Facility
Storage Building
Office and Research Building
Research and Education Building
Administration Building
Ceramics Department Building
Maintenance, Marine Operations
and Art Department Building
Research and Storage Building
Bay Conference Center
Office, Shop, and Storage Facility
Office
Water Tower
Block Building
NOAA Storage Building
Romberg Tiburon
Center For
Environmental Studies
3152 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
(415) 338-6063
rtc.sfsu.edu
Scale 1:2,200
Universal Transverse Mercator
Projection, Zone 10N, NAD 1983
All locations are approximate.
Not to be used for navigation
or boundary purposes.
Sources: Shoreline and roads from San Francisco
Bay Watershed Project, NOAA Coastal
Protection and Restoration Division. Highways
from California Spatial Information Library.
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