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As a Research Specialist, Erica Burton works on marine research issues such as fisheries, marine reserves, ecological characterization, and submerged cultural resources. She also spends time at sea collecting scientific data and information; several projects include characterization of the Davidson Seamount, monitoring and characterization of deep-water fish and invertebrate assemblages, and shipwreck reconnaissance. Erica earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Biology at Long Beach State University, and a Master of Science Degree in Marine Science at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML). Her primary research focused on age, longevity, and growth determination of fishes, including radiometric age determination of the giant grenadier, bocaccio rockfish, Atlantic tarpon, and Atlantic sturgeon. Upon completion of her thesis work, she collaborated with graduate students and researchers from MLML and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to conduct an extensive literature survey and creation of a data matrix of known life history characteristics of nearshore fishes of California.
As one of the scientists for the Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN), Steve is responsible for developing SIMoN's research and monitoring program. The scientific goals of SIMoN are to: (1) integrate existing monitoring programs within the Sanctuary; (2) initiate new monitoring programs to address important gaps of knowledge; and (3) disseminate monitoring data in a timely fashion to resource managers, researchers, educators, and the general public. Steve has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from UCLA, a Master of Science in Biology from California State University Long Beach, and a Doctorate in Biology from UC Santa Cruz. Though he has several interests in marine ecology, his scientific research has focused on invasion biology, kelp forest ecology, and marine invertebrate natural history, with an emphasis on marine gastropods. 
Jean de MarignacSIMoN Scientist (831) 647-4214 jean.demarignac@noaa.gov Jean is part of the Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN) team. His responsibilities include developing collaborations with regional scientists to share monitoring data and interpreting monitoring trends. He is actively involved with the field research operation of the Sanctuary’s monitoring programs, such as beach and kelp surveys. Jean earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and a Master of Science in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. He is an avid naturalist. His undergraduate and graduate research focused on the ecology and life history of the lemon shark in Bimini, Bahamas. However, his research interests are not limited to shark. His experience also includes aging the pink surfperch, surveying and photo-identifying marine mammals, and tagging and measuring oxygen consumption of tunas. He also conducted underwater surveys aboard the Delta, a small submersible, to describe essential fish habitat and compare ground fish abundance, size, and distribution inside and outside the Big Creek Ecological Reserve in California. Jean is an enthusiastic traveler. Recently, he traveled around the world with his wife for a year and this incredible adventure reinforced his desire to have a career that combines marine science, conservation and education.
As
the Data Analyses Specialist, Chad King is responsible for the collection,
analyses and dissemination of spatial data for the Sanctuary
Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN). These data help integrate past and present
monitoring programs within the Sanctuary, provide resource managers with
decision making tools, and will be available to researchers, educators,
students and the general public. He is also an active participant in
the field with the MBNMS Research and SIMoN teams.
As Outreach
Specialist for the Sanctuary Integrated
Monitoring Network (SIMoN), Josh is responsible for the development
of the SIMoN website. This is a website that focuses on sharing the information
of current and historic monitoring efforts within the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary. The website targets resource managers, scientists, educators,
and the general public. Josh is also developing other outreach products
and involved in development of symposia to share SIMoN information.
Hugo Selbie joins the research team as a California Sea Grant State Fellow. He is currently conducting and developing a historical ecology study for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This kind of study is the first of its kind within the national marine sanctuary system on the west coast. Historical ecology is an emerging field that has gathered a lot of attention within the California central coast region aiming to provide an encompassing perspective of historical conditions, regional cultural resource use, and helps understand how people have used local resources over time (especially as environmental conditions changed). A thorough understanding of these factors can play an important role in protecting the cultural heritage of the region and provide guidance to restoring and protecting habitats. Hugo received his BSc in Marine Geography from Cardiff University in Wales, graduating in 2003. During this course as part of an industrial placement year he worked as a water quality analyst for an aquaculture farm situated in Zimbabwe. He was then selected for an internship with Blue Ventures Conservation; a UK based non-profit that conducts tropical marine research in southwest Madagascar. During his time, amongst other projects, he designed and developed an online species database for the Western Indian Ocean, principally a species ID tool for an area as yet still under studied regarding marine research. Hugo decided the next step after Blue Ventures was to gain further qualifications and pursued an interdisciplinary Masters in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. During his year at SIO, Hugo organized the Earth Day ?07 events for the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation as well as gaining further study in Ichthyology, Biology and Economics. Hugo's thesis research focused on science communication working with Dr Jeffrey Graham to set up an educational outreach website for a newly formed Elasmobranch research consortium for the Southern California Bight as well as designing a new education program in collaboration with Birch Aquarium at Scripps and the Graham Lab.
As a research associate, Jennifer has been working on two projects:
1) 'at-risk' species in the Sanctuary and 2) Marine Protected Areas
(MPAs). In the first project, Jennifer is completing an assessment of
endangered, threatened, and other at-risk species that live in,
transit through, or otherwise use habitats and natural resources
within the Sanctuary. She is collecting and synthesizing existing data on the wide variety of marine species that are protected and managed by local, state, and federal agencies. A gap analysis of these data and needs assessment will be completed to direct future Sanctuary monitoring efforts. In the second project,
Jennifer is providing research support related to MPAs in the
Sanctuary. She is reviewing key literature and interviewing local
experts (scientists and managers) to complete an assessment of natural
resources in MBNMS (focusing on federal waters) and evaluating how
MPAs can benefit MBNMS resources. Additionally, relevant geo-
referenced data layers identified during this process are being
gathered for a GIS database. Project results will be presented at the
MBNMS MPA working group meetings.
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