"El Nino vs Upwelling Year At-Sea"

CAROL A. KEIPER Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge PO Box 1932, Benicia, CA 94510, USA 707-746-7163 email: carol at oikonos dot org

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

MS in Marine Science, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, CSU San Jose, 2001

BA in Education, Keane University, Union, New Jersey, 1965

CURRENT PROJECTS

Biogeographic Assessment off Central California to Support Revisions to NOAA's Sanctuary Management Plans: Assess distribution of marine birds and mammals off central California. This resource assessment will use existing data to identify important biological areas and time periods. Products will be used to develop revisions to the management plans. This project is subcontracted through H.T.Harvey and Associates Ecological Consultants.

Assess distribution and abundance of seabirds and ocean habitat variables in the Gulf of California using GIS. This project is being developed in collaboration with Enriqueta Velarde, Centro de Ecologia y Pesquerias, Direccion General de Investsigaciones, Universidad Veracruzana.

APPOINTMENTS

Chair and Research Chair of the Sanctuary Advisory Council for the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: 2002 (3 year position).

Member of the Board of Directors for Sea Training Institute, a non-profit marine-sailing education organization on San Francisco Bay, CA (1998-present).

Field Associate for California Academy of Sciences; 1995-1998 Marine mammal stranding network coordinator for Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; 1995-1999.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (available for download if underlined)

Keiper, C.A. 2001. Marine mammals off central California relative to hydrography;1986-94, 1997-99. MS thesis, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories San Jose State University, CA.

Keiper CA, Ainley DG, Allen SG, Harvey JT (In press) Marine mammal occurrence and ocean climate off central California, 1986 - 1994 and 1997 - 1999. Mar Ecol Prog Series.

Hyrenbach, K.D., Keiper, C., Allen, S.G., Anderson, D.J., Ainley D.G. (In press) Use of national marine sanctuaries by far-ranging predators: commuting flights to central California by breeding Hawaiian albatrosses. Fisheries Oceanography.

Pyle, P., M.J.Schramm, C.A.Keiper. (1999). Predation on a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) by a killer whale (Orcinus orca) and a possible case of competitive displacement. Marine Mammal Science, 15(2):563-568.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

Title of poster presentation November 1999: Marine mammal sightings in association with upwelling off central California 1986-1999.

Title of poster presentation November 2001: Marine mammals off central California relative to hydrography 1986-1994, 1997-1999.

TEACHING and PUBLIC EDUCATION

At-sea naturalist and trip leader for natural history and research trips off central California, Bahamas, Belize, Baja, and Alaska; 1985-present.

Assisted in development and implementation of "Classroom on the Water" school programs for 4th Grade - college students conducted on San Francisco Bay for Sea Training Institute; 1995-present.

Marine science curriculum developer and instructor - Berkeley, CA; 1987-1994.