Metrics Group Participants
Categories:
*Dr. Loren Coen
Marine Laboratory, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, 900A Tarpon Bay Rd., Sanibel, FL 33957
E-mail: lcoen@sccf.org
Phone: 239-395-4617
Speciality: Shellfish ecology, impact of boat wakes on habitats, non-native species, community restoration
Website:
www.sccf.org/
www.oyster-restoration.org
conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf
*Ms. Nancy Hadley
Marine Resources Division, SCDNR, SCDNR-MRRI, 217 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412
E-mail: hadleyn@dnr.sc.gov
Phone: 843-953-9841
Speciality: SCORE program, volunteer organization, sampling, hatchery operations
Website:
score.dnr.sc.gov/
*Dr. Keith Walters
Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29528-6054
E-mail: kwalt@coastal.edu
Phone: 843-349-2477
Speciality:
Website:
ww2.coastal.edu/kwalt
www.oyster-restoration.org
*Dr. Dara H. Wilber
College of Charleston, 664 Old Plantation Road, Charleston, SC 29412
E-mail: wilberdh@aol.com
Phone: 843-795-6599
Speciality: restoration oyster reef habitats, decapod crab on reefs, designs for restoration, analyses of data
Dr. William S. Arnold
United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701
E-mail: bill.arnold@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-551-5764
Speciality: ecosystem management, ocean observing systems, fisheries biology, bivalve restoration, invertebrate population ecology, mapping shellfish habitats
Mr. Mark Finkbeiner
NOAA-CSC, NOAA Coastal Services Center, 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29405
E-mail: Mark.Finkbeiner@noaa.gov
Phone: 843-740-1264
Speciality:
Website:
www.csc.noaa.gov/
www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/rs_apps/issues/scoysters.htm
*Dr. Ray E. Grizzle
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, 85 Adams Point Road, Durham, NH 03824
E-mail: ray.grizzle@unh.edu
Phone: 603-862-2175
Speciality: remote sensing, oyster restoration, filtration rates over oyster habitats (intertidal and subtidal)
Website:
marine.unh.edu/jel/faculty/grizzle/grizzle.html
oyster.unh.edu
Kathleen O’Keife
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, FWRI Center for Spatial Analysis, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701-5020
E-mail: Kathleen.okeife@myfwc.com
Phone: 727-896-8626 x3052
Speciality: GIS, remote sensing, intertidal and subtidal populations
Website:
research.myfwc.com/features/default.asp?id=1341
Dr. Alan Power
University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, 20 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411-1011
E-mail: alanpower@uga.edu
Phone: 912-598-3725
Speciality: inventory Georgia’s oyster and clam stocks/substrates
Website:
www.marex.uga.edu/shellfish
*Mr. P.G. Ross
VIMS Eastern Shore Lab, Eastern Shore Laboratory, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 350, Wachapreague, VA 23480
E-mail: pg@vims.edu
Phone: 757-787-5837
Speciality: subtidal Oyster Reefs in VA, non-native oyster research, GIS, remote sensing
Website:
www.vims.edu/esl/
Dr. Jeffrey S. Vincent
U. of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas?Austin, University Station, Box X, E0620, TX, 78713-8924
E-mail: Jeffrey.vincent@beg.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-0338
Speciality: GIS, Hyperspectral and LiDAR, development of automated mapping techniques for monitoring and managing shellfish populations
Website:
ciceet.unh.edu
*Mr. Troy Alphin
UNCW, UNC Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409
E-mail: alphint@uncwil.edu
Phone: 910-962-2395
Speciality: Ecology and restoration of intertidal oyster reefs in NC
Website:
www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/benthic/projects.htm
Dr. William S. Arnold
United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701
E-mail: bill.arnold@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-551-5764
Speciality: ecosystem management, ocean observing systems, fisheries biology, bivalve restoration, invertebrate population ecology, mapping shellfish habitats
*Dr. Mike Beck
TNC, Global Marine Initiative, UC Santa Cruz, The Nature Conservancy, Center for Ocean Health, U of California, 100 Shaffer Road Santa Cruz, CA 95060
E-mail: mbeck@tnc.org
Phone: 831-459-1459
Speciality: Heads up The Nature Conservancy’s Marine Initiative and is a contributor to the Shellfish Restoration Program
Website:
nature.org/tncscience/scientists/misc/beck.html
nature.org/success/greatsouthbay.html
nature.org/initiatives/marine/index.html
*Dr. Denise Breitburg
SI-SERC, Smithsonian Environmental Research, Center, PO Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037
E-mail: breitburgd@si.edu
Phone: 443-482-2308
Speciality: Oyster and associated community ecology, MD (subtidal)
Website:
www.serc.si.edu/labs/estuarine_ecology/index.jsp
Dr. Rob Brumbaugh
The Nature Conservancy, Restoration Program Director, Global Marine Team, PO Box 420237, Summerland Key, FL 33042
E-mail: rbrumbaugh@tnc.org
Phone: 305-745-8402 x109
Speciality: marine habitat restoration and related issues
Website:
nature.org/tncscience/scientists/misc/art14392.html
conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf
www.nature.org/initiatives/marine/files/shellfish_fs_05.pdf
*Dr. David Bushek
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Avenue Port Norris, NJ 08349
E-mail: bushek@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Phone: 856-785-1544
Speciality: shellfish diseases, subtidal and intertidal oyster ecology NJ and SC, (CREEK Project)
Website:
www.hsrl.rutgers.edu/bushek.html
Dr. Mark Camara
ARS, USDA-ARS Shellfish Genetics Program, OSU, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 Marine Science Dr., Newport, OR, 97365
E-mail: mark.camara@oregonstate.edu
Phone: 541-867-0296
Speciality: Specialty areas: genetics, population genetics, molecular ecology
Website:
www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=36109
*Dr. Loren Coen
Marine Laboratory, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, 900A Tarpon Bay Rd., Sanibel, FL 33957
E-mail: lcoen@sccf.org
Phone: 239-395-4617
Speciality: Shellfish ecology, impact of boat wakes on habitats, non-native species, community restoration
Website:
www.sccf.org/
www.oyster-restoration.org
conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf
Dr. Carolyn Friedman
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, P.O. Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195
E-mail: carolynf@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-9519
Speciality: conservation, shellfish diseases of wild and cultured marine invertebrates
Website:
www.fish.washington.edu/people/friedman/
*Dr. Jonathon Grabowski
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, 350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101
E-mail: jgrabowski@gmri.org
Phone: 207-228-1628
Speciality: Restoration of oyster reefs in North Carolina (subtidal and intertidal)
Website:
www.gmri.org/people/bio.asp?ID=88
*Dr. Ray E. Grizzle
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, 85 Adams Point Road, Durham, NH 03824
E-mail: ray.grizzle@unh.edu
Phone: 603-862-2175
Speciality: remote sensing, oyster restoration, filtration rates over oyster habitats (intertidal and subtidal)
Website:
marine.unh.edu/jel/faculty/grizzle/grizzle.html
oyster.unh.edu
Dr. Ted Grosholz
U.C. Davis, Cooperative Extension Specialist, U.C. Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616
E-mail: tedgrosholz@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 530-752-9151
Speciality: restoration of the Olympia oyster in California, invasive species, population and community interactions, restoration of the Olympia oyster in California
Website:
www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/grosholz/ted.htm
www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/grosholz/
Dr. Juliana M. Harding
VIMS Molluscan Ecology Program, Dept. of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 23062
E-mail: jharding@vims.edu
Phone: 804-684-7302
Speciality: Aquatic community ecology, oyster reef community structure and function, molluscan population biology, age and growth of molluscan populations, ecology of introduced aquatic species
Website:
www.vims.edu/mollusc
Mr. David Kimbro
Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL, 32358
E-mail: dkimbro@bio.fsu.edu
Phone: 850-697-4092
Speciality: Marine ecology, restoration of Olympia oyster, community interactions involving non-native species, oyster population dynamics and linkages with near shore oceanography
Website:
www.marinelab.fsu.edu/faculty/kimbro.aspx
Dr. Mark Luckenbach
VIMS Eastern Shore Lab, VA, Eastern Shore Laboratory, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 350, Wachapreague, VA 23480
E-mail: luck@vims.edu
Phone: 757-787-5816
Speciality: intertidal and subtidal sites, non-native oyster research, interactions with SAV and clam aquaculture
Website:
www.vims.edu/esl/
www.vims.edu/mollusc/research/meresho.htm
Dr. Kay McGraw
NOAA Restoration Center--F/HC-3, 1315 East West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910
E-mail: Kay.McGraw@noaa.gov
Phone: 301-713-0174 x202
Speciality: NOAA Restoration Center -- Oyster biology and restoration; shellfish population dynamics; dredging impacts on shellfish; database development
Website:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
habitat.noaa.gov/habitatprogram/
*Dr. Earl Melancon
Nichols State Univ., Nicholls State University, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 2021, Thibodaux, LA 70310-2021
E-mail: earl.melancon@nicholls.edu
Phone: 985-448-4689
Speciality: low salinity influence on subtidal oysters, commercial fishery interaction with coastal wetlands restoration, intertidal oyster ecology and habitat development
Website:
www.nicholls.edu/biol
*Dr. David Meyer
NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries & Habitat Research, Beaufort, NC, NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries & Habitat Research, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516-9722
E-mail: dave.meyer@noaa.gov
Phone: 252-728-8743
Speciality: interactions and linkages among estuarine habitats affecting physical and biotic habitat structure. Nekton monitoring and sampling design. intertidal restoration with marshes
Dr. Janet Nestlerode
EPA, Gulf Breeze Lab, Gulf Ecology Division, GBL, 1 Sabine Island Drive, Gulf Breeze, FL, 32561
E-mail: Nestlerode.janet@epa.gov
Phone: 850-934-2492
Speciality: nekton monitoring and sampling design, oyster restoration
Website:
www.epa.gov/ged/
*Dr. Kennedy T. Paynter, Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 0105 Cole Field House, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
E-mail: paynter@mees.umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-7684
Speciality: subtidal restoration, non-native oyster research, nursery habitats, oyster physiology, ecology, and diseases
Website:
www.life.umd.edu/biology/paynterlab/
*Dr. Martin Posey
UNCW, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, UNC-Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403
E-mail: poseym@uncw.edu
Phone: 910-962-3471
Speciality: ecology and restoration of intertidal oyster reefs in NC
Website:
www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/benthic/projects.htm
Dr. Alan Power
University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, 20 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411-1011
E-mail: alanpower@uga.edu
Phone: 912-598-3725
Speciality: inventory Georgia’s oyster and clam stocks/substrates
Website:
www.marex.uga.edu/shellfish
*Dr. Sean Powers
Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd., Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 35628
E-mail: spowers@disl.org
Phone: 251-861-7591
Speciality: restoration of oyster reefs in Mobile Bay, modeling of larval transport/recruitment, faunas associated with oyster habitats in Alabama and North Carolina (subtidal), non-native oyster research.
Website:
faculty.disl.org/spowers.html
*Mr. P.G. Ross
VIMS Eastern Shore Lab, Eastern Shore Laboratory, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 350, Wachapreague, VA 23480
E-mail: pg@vims.edu
Phone: 757-787-5837
Speciality: subtidal Oyster Reefs in VA, non-native oyster research, GIS, remote sensing
Website:
www.vims.edu/esl/
Dr. Jennifer Ruesink
Biology Dept., Univ. of WA, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800
E-mail: ruesink@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-7095
Speciality: population, community, and ecosystem ecology, particularly in nearshore marine environments
Website:
protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/people/bio.html?parecID=318,
depts.washington.edu/jlrlab/
*Dr. Michael Saverese
FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Whitaker Hall 211, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
E-mail: msavares@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7165
Speciality: restoration in Florida, extant and geological history of oyster reef development,
Website:
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/restoration1.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research2.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research3.htm
Dr. John Scarpa
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, Center for Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946
E-mail: jscarpa1@hboi.fau.edu
Phone: 772-465-2400
Speciality: oyster production/culture/monitoring, disease analysis
Website:
www.fau.edu/hboi/ProjectManagers/JohnScarpa/jshome.php
*Dr. Tom Soniat
University of New Orleans, Department of Biological Sciences, Lakefront Campus, New Orleans, LA 70148
E-mail: tsoniat@uno.edu
Phone: 504-280-7041
Speciality: studies on intertidal and subtidal oysters; oversees Oyster Sentinel, a program that uses oysters as indicators of estuarine health and monitors and manages Dermo disease in the Gulf of Mexico
Website:
www.oystersentinel.org
*Dr. Greg Tolley
FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Whitaker Hall 211, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
E-mail: gtolley@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7206
Speciality: restoration and oyster-reef communities in Florida, especially fishes and decapods
Website:
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/restoration1.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research3.htm
Dr. Alan Trimble
U of Washington,
E-mail: trimblea@u.washington.edu
Phone:
Speciality: biology of native and non-native oysters
Website:
depts.washington.edu/jlrlab/trimble.php
*Dr. Aswani Volety
FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Whitaker Hall 211, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
E-mail: avolety@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7216
Speciality: restoration and oyster diseases in Florida, freshwater impacts
Website:
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/restoration1.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research3.htm
*Dr. Keith Walters
Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29528-6054
E-mail: kwalt@coastal.edu
Phone: 843-349-2477
Speciality:
Website:
ww2.coastal.edu/kwalt
www.oyster-restoration.org
Dr. Linda Walters
UCF, Orlando, FL, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816
E-mail: ljwalter@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2148
Speciality: oyster restoration, impacts of boat wakes, non-native species
*Dr. Dara H. Wilber
College of Charleston, 664 Old Plantation Road, Charleston, SC 29412
E-mail: wilberdh@aol.com
Phone: 843-795-6599
Speciality: restoration oyster reef habitats, decapod crab on reefs, designs for restoration, analyses of data
*Mr. Chuck Wilson
ACOE-Wilmington, USAED, Wilmington, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
E-mail: Charles.R.Wilson@saw02.usace.army.mil
Phone: 910-251-4746
Speciality: The ACOE’s restoration projects in North Carolina
Website:
www.saw.usace.army.mil/Floodplain/Main.htm#ENVIRONMENTAL%20RESTOR
Dr. Rob Brumbaugh
The Nature Conservancy, Restoration Program Director, Global Marine Team, PO Box 420237, Summerland Key, FL 33042
E-mail: rbrumbaugh@tnc.org
Phone: 305-745-8402 x109
Speciality: marine habitat restoration and related issues
Website:
nature.org/tncscience/scientists/misc/art14392.html
conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf
www.nature.org/initiatives/marine/files/shellfish_fs_05.pdf
*Dr. Loren Coen
Marine Laboratory, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, 900A Tarpon Bay Rd., Sanibel, FL 33957
E-mail: lcoen@sccf.org
Phone: 239-395-4617
Speciality: Shellfish ecology, impact of boat wakes on habitats, non-native species, community restoration
Website:
www.sccf.org/
www.oyster-restoration.org
conserveonline.org/docs/2006/05/shellfish_hotlinks_final.pdf
*Ms. Leslie Craig
NOAA’s Restoration Center, St. Petersburg, FL, NOAA Restoration Center, 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
E-mail: Leslie.Craig@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-551-5786
Speciality: the Community-Based Restoration Program
Website:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
seahorse.nmfs.noaa.gov/rcdb/class/projects_main.html
*Dr. Ray E. Grizzle
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, 85 Adams Point Road, Durham, NH 03824
E-mail: ray.grizzle@unh.edu
Phone: 603-862-2175
Speciality: remote sensing, oyster restoration, filtration rates over oyster habitats (intertidal and subtidal)
Website:
marine.unh.edu/jel/faculty/grizzle/grizzle.html
oyster.unh.edu
*Ms. Nancy Hadley
Marine Resources Division, SCDNR, SCDNR-MRRI, 217 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412
E-mail: hadleyn@dnr.sc.gov
Phone: 843-953-9841
Speciality: SCORE program, volunteer organization, sampling, hatchery operations
Website:
score.dnr.sc.gov/
Dr. Boze Hancock
The Nature Conservancy, NOAA National Partnership Coordinator, Global Marine Team, URI Narragansett Bay Campus, South Ferry Rd., Narragansett, RI, 02882-1197
E-mail: bhancock@tnc.org
Phone: 401-874-6121
Speciality: Marine habitat restoration, shellfish ecology and fisheries
Website:
www.nature.org/initiatives/marine/strategies/community.html
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/tnc.html
Ms. Betsy Peabody
Puget Sound Restoration Fund, Executive Director, NGO. 590 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
E-mail: Betsy@restorationfund.org
Phone: 206-780-6947
Speciality: community restoration of Olympia oysters
Website:
www.restorationfund.org/
Dr. Alan Power
University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, 20 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411-1011
E-mail: alanpower@uga.edu
Phone: 912-598-3725
Speciality: inventory Georgia’s oyster and clam stocks/substrates
Website:
www.marex.uga.edu/shellfish
*Ms. Tracy Skrabel
North Carolina Coastal Federation, North Carolina Coastal Federation, 131 Racine Dr. Suite 101, Wilmington, NC 28403
E-mail: tracys@nccoast.org
Phone: 910-790-3275
Speciality: shoreline erosion, community restoration (NGO)
Website:
www.nccoast.org/volunteer
www.nccoast.org/Restoration/oyplan_main
*Dr. Greg Tolley
FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Whitaker Hall 211, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
E-mail: gtolley@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7206
Speciality: restoration and oyster-reef communities in Florida, especially fishes and decapods
Website:
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/restoration1.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research3.htm
*Dr. Aswani Volety
FGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University, Whitaker Hall 211, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965
E-mail: avolety@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7216
Speciality: restoration and oyster diseases in Florida, freshwater impacts
Website:
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/restoration1.htm
www.fgcu.edu/cwi/research3.htm
Dr. Linda Walters
UCF, Orlando, FL, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816
E-mail: ljwalter@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2148
Speciality: oyster restoration, impacts of boat wakes, non-native species
* participants at the 2004 Metrics Workshop in SC