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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium in Santa Cruz
The beautiful old Coconut Grove on the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz was the site of
this year's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary research symposium, Sanctuary
Currents 2000, on March 18. The day was sunny and warm, and the topic was "Causes
of Ecosystem Change: Natural or Human?" The answers were varied, but many came
down to the sad but true realization. We humans are so large a part of the ecosystem
web these days that we are, for most aspects of ecosystems, one of the fundamental
if not dominant causes of change. So the issue is, how do we manage the changes well?
As in past years, the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology team's Monterey Bay
Sanctuary project was a major player, with seven poster displays on a range of subjects,
including seafloor geologic mapping and sediment distribution, hydrocarbon signatures and
seeps, invasive micro-organism species, circulation processes, and storm effects.
Keith Kvenvolden, Brian Edwards, Bruce Jaffe, Mary McGann, Curt Storlazzi,
Fran Hostettler, and Steve Eittreim attended and soaked up the
California surf-and-sand ambiance. Because most of the research surrounding marine
sanctuaries is dominated by biologic and ecosystem studies, those geologists in attendance
raised our biologic intelligence a notch before heading back over the hill to our 'geologic
ivory tower.'
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April 2000
in this issue:
Monitoring Hawai'i Coral Reefs
Cruise News
Chesapeake Bay
cover story:
Environmental Careers Symposium
Nat'l Ocean Sciences Bowl
Blue Lobster Bowl
Science Fairs & Career Day Events
Oceans Day 2000
Letters to the Editor
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium
Sediment Transport
Association of Women Geoscientists
Coordination with EPA
Two Talks at WHFC
WHFC Personnel Training
New Staff at St. Pete
April Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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