Dane Hardin, Senior Marine Biologist, Princpal

Mr. Hardin has over 20 years experience in the study of aquatic ecology. He specializes in the application of statistically sound sampling and analytical methods to the study of natural variations and anthropogenic influences on marine benthic communities. His work includes serving as Program Manager and Principal Investigator on several studies funded by the US Department of the Interior investigating natural and human-induced variation in intertidal and subtidal communities in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf and Gulf of Mexico regions. He has also participated in nine studies of municipal wastewater discharges across the country, including work on the large consolidated discharge in Massachusetts Bay for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Mr. Hardin supervised the first commercial application of periphyton communities and transplanted bivalves to measure water quality in central California. He performed several studies for industry which examined the chemical and biological effects of drilling-mud discharges from petroleum platforms. He was Chief Scientist on a study for Exxon examining the geological and biological characteristics of the Boulder Patch in the Beaufort Sea, and he coordinated intertidal studies in British Columbia from Kitimat seaward to the Queen Charlotte Islands. He is currently providing permitting assistance for the first petroleum drilling program in the Caspian Sea.