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Advanced Biological Testing, Inc. / T.E.G.: Vibracore studies, Alameda Naval Air Station and Naval Supply Center, 1994, 1996; Ports of San Francisco and Redwood City, 1997, 1998. San Francisco Drydock vibracoring, 2006. Animal Planet TV affiliate Grenada Media Services: Great White Shark behavioral filming, Farallon Islands, California, October, 2001. Anchor Environmental Services: Port of San Francisco and Larkspur Ferry Terminal vibracore studies, 2001-2005. San Francisco Drydock vibracoring, 2006. AOA Geophysics : Japanese Nuclear Waste Management Center instrument deployments, Monterey Bay, 2004. BAE Systems, U. of Rhode island, U. of Hawaii, SubChem, Inc. & others: Layered Organization of the Coastal Ocean (LOCO) experimental analysis of physical & chemical oceanographic processes and planktonic behavioral studies, Monterey Bay, 2005-06. Battelle / U.S. Navy / City & County of San Francisco: Hunters Point Naval Shipyard benthic and vibracore sampling, May, 2003. Bluefin Robotics, Inc. : Prototype AUV sea trials, Monterey Bay, 2003-04. British Broadcasting Corporation: Surface film support, Carmel Bay, 1988. Brookfield Zoo (Chicago)/ Shedd Aquarium: Tagging and tracking studies of Pacific white-sided dolphins, Monterey Bay, 1991, 1992. California Department of Fish and Game: Sardine egg distribution study between Monterey and Point Conception, 1988, and between San Diego and Cedros Island, Baja California, 1989; Night collection/tagging/tracking studies of endangered marbled murrelet behavior, central California nearshore waters, 1997. California Polytechnic Institute/MBARI: Nighttime bioluminescence and optical studies, Monterey Bay, 2000 Caltrans / Moss Landing Marine Laboratory: Dive team and small boat support of subtidal baseline studies, Partington Point slide, Monterey County, 1991. CH2M Hill Consulting: One-year current meter and dilution study for San Francisco Dept. of Public Works, 1988. Deep Ocean Engineering / NASA: Sea trials of prototype virtual reality-controlled ROV, Monterey Canyon, 1996. Endeco / RD Instruments: Sea trials of prototype Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, 1991. Entrix, Inc.: Bathymetric surveys, Alcatraz disposal site, San Francisco Bay, 1989-90. Environmental Crossings, Inc.: Surface monitoring and diving support of horizontal drilling for fiber optic cable installation, Monterey Bay, 2006. EPA Newport Lab: Sediment and trawl sampling of Richmond Inner Harbor Superfund site, 1991. EVS Environmental Consultants / Port of Oakland: Coring Operations and Sediment Instrumentation in large vessel berthing sites, 1999-2001. Fugro Seafloor Surveys, inc.: Sea trials of autonomous survey vehicle, outer Monterey Canyon, 2006. Fugro West / Oceaneering, Inc.: Seismic sub-bottom profiling of Cambria desalination plant pipeline site, 1995. Fugro West / Port of Oakland: Cone Penetrometer survey of Naval Supply Station sites, 1999. Geometrics: Sea trials of prototype magnetometers, continuing. Global Diving, Inc. : Monyerey Bay sunken wreck stabilization, 2005. Gulf of the Farallons National Marine Sanctuary ( NOAA ): Boundary marker buoy maintenance, 2005-07. Hobilabs, Inc.: Sea trials of laser-based ocean-optical instrumentation, Monterey Canyon, continuing, 1998. Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University): Upwelling front dynamics/Barnacle larvae distribution/Doppler radar calibration, 1989, 1990. International Diving Services / John Chance & Associates: Magnetometer, side-scan, diver video and corrosion surveys of petroleum products pipeline, 1989-92. Jet Propulsion Lab: Photometric Ground Truth trials, 1989. Kinnetics Laboratories, Inc.: Benthic studies for Port of Oakland; ongoing water quality and benthic surveys for Santa Cruz Dept. of Public Works and the City of Watsonville; vibracoring to 20 feet for Ports of Los Angeles, Richmond, Oakland, and Moss Landing. Monterey Bay monitoring instrumentation deployments,1986-2006. Lockheed Marine Systems: Deployment/ recovery of prototype acoustic transmitter assemblies, central California, 1994. Marine Ecological Consultants: Vibracoring, Port of Oakland, 1990; acoustic behavioral studies, Alcatraz dredge spoils site,1992, 2001-02; vibracoring in Pinole Shoals Channel, San Francisco Bay,1997, San Francisco Bay archeological midden vibracore sampling, 2001, Vibracore studies for Ports of Oakland and Moss Landing, 2001, and Petaluma, 2002, Alameda and Vallejo, 2004-05. MCI / AT&T / ABA Consultants: Benthic survey and instrumentation of proposed fiber optic cable routes, Monterey Bay, 1999. M.I.T. / Woods Hole / MBARI: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle operations, Monterey Bay, August and September, 1999 and 2000, 2004. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sea otter rehabilitation program; tracking and recovery, 1991. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Recovery of drifting oceanographic instrument array off Point Sur, 1995; AUV and acoustic operations support, Monterey Bay, 1999-2004. Monitoring and dive support for horizontally drilled fiber optic cable installation, and sea trials of Docking AUV systems, 2006. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA) : Annual maintenance of approx. 20 Personal Watercraft Boundary buoys, 2003-continuing. Moss Landing Marine Laboratory (California State University): Surface support of Soviet manned submersible operations, tagging/tracking of Pacific white-sided dolphins, and marine mammal censuring for Pt. Sur Acoustic Thermometry Studies (ATOC), 1994-95. National Geographic Society, Photographic Department: ROV film and photographic efforts in Monterey and Carmel Bays, logistic support of Alvin dives, 1988; Deployment/recovery of automated, baited "Ropecam" digital video systems to 3050 m in Monterey Canyon, and to 1830 m on Guide Seamount, summer & fall 1998. National Geographic Society, Television Department: Surface and ROV coverage of Dr. Sylvia Earle's Sustainable Seas Program training dives in Nuytco, Inc. one-person submersibles, Monterey Bay, 1998. NOAA, SW Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service: Outmigrant juvenile salmonid feeding ecology studies, SF Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta, 1997-2005, and Monterey Bay juvenile rockfish distribution studies, 2005-06. NOAA, NW Fishery Science Center: Toxic algal bloom monitoring, central coast, upwelling season, 1998. NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Lab: Tsunami real-time warning system acoustic modem seatrials, 1998. North Coast Divers, Inc.: Video inspections of Santa Cruz and Watsonville outfalls, 1991-95; Checkvalve installation on the Monterey Regional outfall, 1995-96; Inspections on the Monterey Regional and Watsonville outfalls, 1999; U.S. Coast Guard navigational buoy replacement, San Francisco Bay, 2000, 2002, Moss Landing Marine Lab intake structure installation, other outfall inspections, 2003-05. Santa Cruz outfall inspection, 2006. Oceanic Society: Grey whale behavioral study off Point Reyes, 1987. Ohio State University: Acoustic current meter recoveries, 2001. Oregon State University: Live collection of Pleurobranchia californicus, 1988-89. Multi-channel acoustic analysis of planktonic organization, Monterey Bay, in association with LOCO (Layered Organization of the Coastal Ocean), 2006. Pennsylvania State University: Meteorological studies off central California, 1987. Optical analyses of upper water column dynamics, Monterey Bay, 2006. Port of Stockton: Pre-dredging vibracore sampling, 2002. PRC, Environmental Consultant for U.S. Navy: Sediment/vibracore studies of Treasure Island and Mare Island base closure subtidal properties, San Francisco Bay, 1997. S.A.I.C. Moss Landing Harbor District: dredge monitoring, 2003. Santa Cruz Port District / RRM Consultants: Benthic sampling of proposed offshore disposal site, Montery Bay, 1999. Seagam, Inc.: Sidescan sonar and bathymetric profiling of possible historic wreck site. Sea Surveyor, Inc.: Benthic surveys and tide gauge studies for the Port of Oakland; seismic sub-bottom profiling and vibra-coring for Army Corps of Engineers at Ventura, Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria, 1988. San Francisco Department of Public Works: Water quality monitoring, quarterly benthic and trawl sampling; since 1986, continuing into its twenty-first year. San Francisco International Airport: Installation of Homeland Security perimeter marker buoys, 2004-06. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD: Baseline marine mammal surveys on the original Sur Ridge ATOC site, 1994-95; instrumentation deployment and recovery on the final Pioneer Seamount ATOC site,1997; Waverider weather buoy service and redeployment, Cordell Bank, 1997; "Glider" AUV support in Monterey Canyon, 2000. Sea Engineering, Inc: Turbidity monitoring, San Francisco Bay Bridge construction, Santa Cruz Harbor dredge monitoring installations and recoveries, 2002-2005. SRI, International: Sea trials of laser-based marine aggregates sensor system, 1991-96. Terra Remote Sensing / Raycal Pelagos / Alcatel Inc.: Fiber optic cable route survey, northern Monterey Bay, 2000. Texas A&M / U. of South Florida: Comparative studies with simultaneously developed marine aggregates sensor systems, 1992-93. Transglobal Exploration and Geophysics, Inc.: Vibracore and benthic operations for Ports of San Francisco, Oakland, Redwood City, and Richmond, U.S. Navy, U.C. Berkeley and others, 1989-2006. Triton Technology, Inc.: Sea trials of prototype towed-array image processing system components, 1988 and 1997. Triton Elias, 2002. Underwater Resources, Inc.: Annual and post-earthquake diver/ROV inspections, Santa Cruz and Watsonville outfalls, 1990; Instrument recovery and video inspection of San Francisco and Contra Costa county outfalls, 1997, San Francisco International Airport security zone installation, 2004 and 2006, MBARI directional drilling support, Monterey Bay, 2006. Sampling of hull fouling growth on WWII Victory ship USS Victory Queen, 2006. UC, Berkeley / California Department of Fish and Game: Collection, tagging, tracking studies of endangered marbled murrelets, Ano Nuevo Island, 2000. UC, Berkeley / US Navy / City of Oakland: Freshwater monitoring well installations in sub-Bay strata, 1997. UC, Davis: Ocean-bottom seismograph recovery & re-deployment, Monterey Canyon, 1998. UC, Santa Barbara: Marine aggregate profiling, Monterey Canyon, 1992-93. UC, Santa Cruz, Institute for Marine Sciences: Marine mammal behavioral studies for Acoustic Thermometry Project off Pt. Sur, 1994-95, and release of yearling elephant seals with GPS, time-depth, and physiological instrument packs, 1994-97. UC, San Francisco Romburg-Tiburon Center for Marine Studies: Acoustic monitoring of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge construction, 2003. University of Illinois, Department of Physiology and Biophysics: Live collection of pleurobranchia californicus, 1986-92. University of Ulm, Germany: Organic chemistry of Monterey Bay air and water quality monitoring sites, 1995. University of Washington / Caltrans / Moss Landing Marine Laboratory: Wave gauge studies off Stinson Beach slide, Marin County, CA, 1991-93. University of Washington: El Nino storm water runoff tracking studies, Santa Barbara Channel, March, 1998. URS / Dames & Moore / Southern Energy Corp.: Vibracore sampling of Portrero Power Plant and San Francisco waterfront sites, 2000, 2001. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station: Acoustic Doppler Current Profile Studies of San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, 1992. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Ecology Center: Sea otter behavioral study in Prince William Sound, Alaska (1986); surface support of California sea otter translocation to San Nicolas Island, 1987. U.S. Geological Survey / U.C. Santa Cruz / T.E.G. Oceanograpic Services: Holocene shelf deposit and Paleozoic river channel deposit offshore vibracoring, Monterey Bay, 1999. Instrument recovery in Monterey Bay, 2003, box-coring studies off the Santa Clara river mouth in Ventura, CA, 2004, and San Francisco Bar sediment monitoring installations and recoveries, 2005-06. U.S. Naval Postgraduate School: Acoustic and thermal equipment trials, 1988-90, and recovery of damaged and drifting ARGOS satellite-linked oceanographic instrument array, 1995; Instrumented weather buoy deployment/recovery and air-dropped sonobuoy studies, 2000-02, wave guage deployments and recoveries, 2001-2002, Monterey Bay instruments 2003 and 2005. U.S. National Park Service/ Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Diver and instrument support of sixteenth-century Spanish shipwreck site exploration, 1997. West Marine Products / Sail Magazine: Load testing analyses of multiple commercially available small craft anchors, Monterey Bay, 2006. Weston Solutions, Inc.: Vibracore studies of Moss Landing Harbor District channels, 2006. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute / U.S. Geological Survey: Ocean bottom seismographic studies, Pacifica-Half Moon Bay offshore sites, 1991. Woods Hole oceanographic Institution: Acoustic array recovery, and transponder deployment to 3,000 meters, outer Monterey Canyon, 2000; AUV operations and support, 1999, 2000. Glider AUV support, 2006. |
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