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Rikk G. Kvitek

Director CSUMB Seafloor Mapping Lab / California State University, Monterey Bay
: 831-582-3529 / : rkvitek@cs@example.com @example.com @example.comumb.edu / : Seafloor Mapping

About me

Director – Seafloor Mapping Lab
Professor – Division of Science and Environmental Policy
California State University Monterey Bay

The Seafloor Mapping Lab (SFML), within the Division of Science and Environmental Policy at California State University Monterey Bay, specializes in high-resolution acoustic remote sensing for coastal habitats. Combining research and education with state-of-the-art geospatial technology, the SFML offers unique hands-on, field-to-finish experience to students while conducting professional habitat mapping surveys for resource management and basic research along the continental margins.

Areas of interest / keywords

geospatial technology (gis/gps), marine biology, marine sciences, ocean affairs, seafloor mapping

antarctic, arctic, west coast

hab, harmful algal blooms, sea otters

Publications

1. Xu, J.P., F.L. Wong, D.P. Smith, C.K. Paull, and R.G. Kvitek. 2008. Sandwave migration in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Central California. Marine Geology 248: 193-212. (article)

2. Kvitek, R.G., J. Goldberg, M. Silver, and G.J. Smith. 2008. Domoic acid in the benthic food web of Monterey bay, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 35-47. (article)

3. Kvitek, R.G., D.P. Smith, and P.J. Iampietro. 2007. Twenty-nine months of geomorphic change in upper Monterey Canyon (2002-2005). Marine Geology 236: 79–94. (article)

4. Kvitek, R.G., S. Thrush, P. Dayton, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, M. Chiantore, V. Cummings, N. Andrew, I. Hawesa, S. Kim, and A. Schwarz. 2006. Broad-scale factors influencing the biodiversity of coastal benthic communities of the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 959-971. (article)

5. Barnard, P.L., D.M. Hanes, D.M. Rubin, and R.G. Kvitek. 2006. Giant Sand Waves at the Mouth of San Francisco Bay. Eos 87(29): 285. (article)

6. Foote, K., R. Hanlon, P. Lampietro, and R. Kvitek. 2006. Acoustic detection and quantification of benthic egg beds of the squid Loligo opalescens in Monterey Bay, California. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: 844-56. (article)

7. Conlan, K., G. Rau, and R. Kvitek. 2006. Delta13C and delta15N shifts in benthic invertebrates exposed to sewage from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Marine pollution bulletin: 1695-707. (article)

8. Smith, D.P., G. Ruiz, and R.G. Kvitek. 2005. Semi-annual patterns of erosion and deposition in Upper Monterey Canyon from serial multibeam bathymetry. Geological Society of America Bulletin 117: 1123-1133. (article)

9. Kvitek, R.G. and C.K. Bretz. 2005. Shorebirds alter feeding behavior in response to harmful algal bloom toxins in bivalve and crustacean prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 303–309. (article)

10. Iampietro, P.J., E. Morris, and R.G. Kvitek. 2005. Recent advances in automated genus-specific marine habitat mapping enabled by high-resolution multibeam bathymetry. Marine Technology Society Journal 39: 83-93. (article)

11. Conlan, K.E. and R.G. Kvitek. 2005. Recolonization of ice scours on an exposed Arctic coast. Ecology Progress Series 286: 21–42. (article)

12. Kvitek, R.G. and C.K. Bretz. 2004. Harmful algal bloom toxins protect bivalve populations from sea otter predation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 271: 233-243. (article)

13. Powell, C., M. Ferdin, M. Busman, R. Kvitek, and G. Doucette. 2002. Development of a protocol for determination of domoic acid in the sand crab (Emerita analoga): a possible new indicator species. Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology: 485-92. (article)

Positions & Honors

2004 – Wang Family Excellence Award in the Sciences, California State University

Grants

1. Acoustic Habitat Mapping of Proposed California State Marine Protected Areas

2. California State Waters Mapping Project

3. Development of an integrated data acquisition and coastal marine GIS analysis system for habitat mapping and change detection in the Elkhorn Slough NERR

4. Dredge spoil monitoring and beach replenishment experiment at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California

5. Fate and effects of domoic acid in the benthic versus pelagic food chain: chronology, tracking and development of new indicator species

6. Fisheries Habitat Characterization of the California Continental Margin: Identification, Quantification and Synthesis of Existing Information

7. Ice scour disturbance and the structure of Arctic sea floor communities

8. Influence of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Distribution and Ecology of High Level Marine Predators

9. Initiation of the California Continental Shelf GIS of Essential Marine Habitats

10. Integrated Spatial Data Modeling Tools for the Auto-classification and Delineation of Species-Specific Habitat Maps from High-Resolution, Digital Hydrographic Data

11. Mapping and Assessment of Shallow Water Habitats in Santa Monica Bay

12. Multibeam bathymetry mapping of potential white abalone habitat at Tanner Bank, California

13. Multibeam bathymetry mapping of SIMoN priority habitat areas within the MBNMS.

14. New hydrographic research vessel to increase enrollment capacity and capabilities of the Geospatial Technology Curriculum at CSUMB

15. Seafloor change detection San Francisco Bay

16. Sidescan sonar mapping of squid egg distribution

17. Victoria Land Latitudinal Gradient Project: Benthic Marine Habitat Characterization

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