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Research Areas:

1.     Development of techniques and methods for the interpretation and mapping of surficial
        geologic seafloor "habitats" through the use of geological, geophysical, and biological data.

2.     Representation of habitat data in useful easily understandable formats for science,
        management, and public use.

Completed Projects:

1.     Surficial Geologic Habitat Maps for the Oregon and Washington continental margin.
        Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Project.

2.     Surficial Geologic Habitat Maps for Southern California Continental Borderland and Cowcod
        Conservation Area; Shallow Submarine Banks Mapping Project.

3.     Structure Forming Benthic Invertebrates: Habitat Distributions on the Continental margin of         Oregon and Washington.


Current Projects:

1.     High-Resolution mapping of habitat from multibeam sonar, Central Oregon Upper
        Continental Slope and Outer Shelf.

1.     Continued High-resolution multibeam and habitat mapping of shallow submarine banks in the
        Southern California Continental Borderland.

2.     Continued methods development and surficial geologic habitat mapping to support the west
        coast groundfish EFH  Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and related fisheries research
        projects.

3.     Internet Mapping and Server GIS - Distribution of West Coast Marine Data (PaCOOS/IOOS).

4.     Seabed photographic and acoustic texture for enhanced habitat mapping.


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