Robert B. Spies, President

Scientific Journals

Spies, R.B. and P.H. Davis. 1979. The infaunal benthos of a natural oil seep in the Santa Barbara Channel. Mar. Biol. 50:227—237.

Davis, P.H. and R.B. Spies. 1980. Infaunal benthos of a natural petroleum seep: a study of community structure. Mar. Biol. 59:31—41.

Spies, R.B., K. Marsh and J.R. Kercher. 1981. Dynamics of radionuclide exchange in the calcareous algae Halimeda at Enewetak Atoll. Limnol. Oceanogr. 26:74—85.

Spies, R.B., J.S. Felton and L.J. Dillard. 1982. Hepatic mixed-function oxidases in California flatfish are increased in contaminated environments and by oil and PCB ingestion. Mar. Biol. 70:117—127.

Steurmer, D.H., R.B. Spies, P.H. Davis, D.J. Ng, C.J. Morris and S. Neal. 1982. The hydrocarbon chemistry of the Isla Vista Marine Seep Environment. Mar. Chem. 11:413—426.

Chaffee, C. and R.B. Spies. 1982. The effects of used ferrochrome lignosulfonate drill muds from a Santa Barbara Channel oil well on the development of starfish embryos. Mar. Environ. Res. 7:265—278.

Spies, R.B. and D.J. DesMarais. 1983. Natural isotope study of trophic enrichment of marine benthic communities by petroleum seepage. Mar. Biol. 73:67—71.

Spies, R.B. 1984. Benthic-pelagic coupling in sewage affected ecosystems. Mar. Environm. Res. 13:195—230.

Montagna, P.A., J.E. Bauer, M.C. Prieto, D.D. Hardin and R.B. Spies. 1986. Benthic metabolism in a natural coastal petroleum seep. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 34:31—40.

Spies, R.B. 1987. The biological effects of petroleum hydrocarbons in the sea: Assessments from field and microcosms, pp. 411—467 in Long-term environmental effects of offshore oil and gas development. D.F. Boesch and N.N. Rabalais, Eds. Elsevier-Applied Sciences, London.

Spies, R.B., B. Andresen and D.W. Rice, Jr. 1987. Benzthiazoles in estuarine sediments as indicators of street runoff. Nature 327:697—699.

Melzian, B.D., C. Zoffman, and R.B. Spies. 1987. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in lower continental shelf fish collected near the Farallon Islands, California. Marine Pollution Bull. 18:388—393.

Spies, R.B., D.W. Rice, Jr. and J.W. Felton. 1988. The effects of organic contaminants on reproduction of starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) in San Francisco Bay. Part I. Hepatic contamination and mixed-function oxidase (MFO) activity during the reproductive season. Marine Biology 98:181—189.

Spies, R.B. and D.W. Rice, Jr. 1988. The effects of organic contaminants on reproduction of starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus (Pallas) in San Francisco Bay. Part II. Reproductive success of fish captured in San Francisco Bay and spawned in the laboratory. Marine Biology 98:191—202.

Spies, R.B., D.D. Hardin and J. Toal. 1988. Organic enrichment or toxicity? A comparison of the effects of kelp and crude oil in sediments on the colonization and growth of fauna J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 124:261—282.

Bauer, J.E., P.A. Montagna, R.B. Spies, D.D. Hardin and M. Prieto. 1988. Microbial biogeochemistry and heterotrophy in sediments of a marine hydrocarbon seep. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33:1493—1513.

Spies, R.B., D.D. Hardin and J.P. Toal. 1989. Organic enrichment or toxicity? A comparison of the effects of kelp and crude oil in sediments on the colonization and growth of benthic infauna. J. Exp. Mar. Ecol. 124:261—282.

Spies, R.B., H. Kruger, R. Ireland and D.W. Rice, Jr. 1989. Stable isotope isotope ratios and contaminant concentrations in a sewage-distorted food web. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 54:157—170.

Spies, R.B., J.J. Stegeman, D.W. Rice, Jr., B. Woodin, P. Thomas, J.E. Hose, J. Cross and M. Prieto. 1990. Sublethal responses of Platichthys stellatus to organic contamination in San Francisco Bay with emphasis on reproduction, pp. 87—122, in Biological Markers of Environmental Contamination. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI.

Bauer, J.E., R.B. Spies, J.S. Vogel, D.E. Nelson and J.R. Southon. 1990. Radiochemical evidence of fossil hydrocarbon cycling in sediments of a nearshore hydrocarbon seep. Nature 348:230—232.

Spies, R.B., J.J. Stegeman, D.E. Hinton, B. Woodin, M. Okihiro, R. Smolowitz and D. Shea. 1996. Biomarkers of hydrocarbon exposure and sublethal effects in embiotocid fishes from a natural petroleum seep in the Santa Barbara Channel. Aquatic Toxicol. 34: 195-219.

Andrew J. Gunther, Ph.D., Vice President and Principal

Scientific Journals

Gunther, A.J. 1992. A chemical survey of remote lakes in the Alagnak and Naknek River Systems, Southwest Alaska. Arctic and Alpine Research. 24:64—68.

Davis, J.A., A.J. Gunther and J.M. O’Connor. 1992. Priority pollutant loads from effluent discharges to the San Francisco Estuary. Water Environment Research. 64:134—140.

Gunther, A.J. 1989. Nitrogen fixation by lichens in a subarctic Alaskan watershed. The Bryologist. 92:202—208.

Hart, S.C. and A. J. Gunther. 1989. In situ estimates of annual net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in a subarctic watershed. Oecologia. 80:284—288.

Gunther, A.J. 1988. The effect of simulated acid deposition on acetylene reduction in the lichen genus Peltigera under field and laboratory conditions. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 38:379—385.

Thompson, B., Hoenicke, R., Davis J. and A. Gunther. 1999 Regional Monitoring in San Francisco Bay: A Summary of Key Issues. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. In press.

Gunther, A.J., J.A. Davis, D., D. Hardin, J. Gold, D. Bell, J.R. Crick, G.M. Scelfo, J. Sericano, and M. Stephenson. 1999. Long-term bioaccumulation monitoring with transplanted bivalves in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38(3):170-181.

Gunther A.J., R.B. Spies, J.J. Stegeman, B. Woodin, D. Carney, J. Oakden, and L. Hain. 1997. EROD activity in fish as an independent measure of contaminant-induced mortality of invertebrates in sediment bioassays. Marine Environmental Research. 44:41-48.

Reports (selected)

Gunther, A.J., R.B. Spies, D. Bell, P. Thomas, D. Hinton, and M. Matsui. 1994. Quality Assurance Project Plan for Southern California Fish Injury Studies. Prepared for the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration Natural Resource Damage Assessment in the Southern California Bight.

Gunther, A.J., C.B. Blanchard and K.N. Gardels. 1991. The Loading of Toxic Contaminants to the San Francisco Bay—Delta in Urban Runoff. Prepared for the Bay Area Stormwater Manager’s Association.

Gunther, A.J. (editor). 1990. Proceedings of a Conference on the Bioavailability of Contaminants in the San Francisco Bay—Delta. NTIS#AHI—90/01. 182 pp.

Gunther, A.J., J.A. Davis, D.J.H. Phillips, K.S. Kramer and B.J. Richardson. 1990. Status and Trends Report on Dredging and Waterway Modification in The San Francisco Estuary. Prepared for U.S. E.P.A., 299 pp.

Gunther, A. J., J.A. Davis and D.J.H. Phillips. 1987. An Assessment of The Loading of Toxic Contaminants to The San Francisco Bay—Delta. Prepared for The San Francisco Estuary Project, USEPA, and The State Water Resources Control Board of California, 330 pp.

Gunther, A.J. 1980. Gasohol: A Background Report. Assembly, California Legislature, publication #780.

Invited Presentations (selected)

"The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill." Dept. of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz. June, 1995.

"Toxic Pollutants in San Francisco Bay." Seminar in Biology, State University of California, Hayward, CA, April, 1991.

"The Estuarine Data Index: A Tool for Sharing Ecological Information Regarding the San Francisco Estuary." Science in the Nation’s Estuaries (U.S. EPA National Estuary Program Science ’91 Symposium), Sarasota, FL, February, 1991.

"Nitrogen Inputs to Brooks Lake, Alaska." 1986 Winter Meetings, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, San Francisco.

Jay A. Johnson, Sr. Oceanographer; Principal

Publications

Mr. Johnson has authored and co-authored more than 90 technical reports, environmental impact assessments and professional presentations and publications. The following are a few select publications.

Arkhangelskgeologia and Conoco, Inc. 1995. TEO of Investment for the Exploration & Production Project, Northern Timan Pechora Region, Russian Federation. Prepared in Cooperation with Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Russian Federation. Contributing Author. (Includes Preliminary EIA)

Conoco, Inc. & Arkhangelskgeologia. 1995. Due Diligence/Environmental Baseline Assessment, Northern Fields Area, Timan Pechora Region, Russia; Phase II Co-author.

Conoco, Inc. and NordEco, Inc. 1994. Ardalin Environmental Monitoring Program. Prepared for Polar Lights Company. Co-Author and Editor.

Arkhangelskgeologia and Conoco, Inc. 1993. Conceptual Study for the Joint Exploration & Production Project; Northern Timan Pechora Region, Russian Federation. Contributing Author.

E&P Forum. 1993. Exploration and Production (E&P) Waste Management Guidelines. E&P Forum Report No. 2.58/196. Contributing Author.

E&P Forum and Conoco, Inc. 1993. Oil Industry Spill Clean-Up Cooperatives In The USA. Conference Proceedings, GAOCMAO Regional Oil Spill Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Barents Sea Gas Project Consortium. 1992. Schtockman Field Technical and Economical Study (TEO), Volume 4, Environmental Impact Report, 25-00-NH-X15-00001. Prepared for Norsk Hydro, Finnish Barents Group and Conoco, Inc.

Conoco, Inc. 1991. NPDES & Safe Drinking Water Compliance Manual. Prepared for the New Orleans Division of Conoco, Inc.

Johnson, J.A., Hardin, D., Spies, R. 1985. An Investigation of the Effects of Discharged Drilling Fluids from Exploratory Drilling on Hard Bottom Communities in the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Symposium Proceedings, Oceans '85, Marine Technology Society. p. 1094-1104.

URS. 1985. Environmental Impact Report (EIS) for Platform Julius; Cities Service Oil Co.

Conoco, Inc. & Arkhangelskgeologia. 1996. Due Diligence/Environmental Baseline Assessment Northern Fields Area, Timan Pechora Region, Russia; Phase III Co-author.

Johnson, J.A. 1984. The Use of a Manned Submersible in a Deep Water Hard Bottom Monitoring Program. Paper Presented at the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium. November, 1984. La Jolla, CA.

Nekton, Inc. and Johnson & Associates. 1982. A Scientific Investigation of Natural Marine Seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel by Seismic Systems and a Manned Submersible. Prepared for a proprietary oil consortium. Co-author with T.G. Vetter.

Johnson, J.A., Dr. A.B. Thum, S.C. Newton, III, and A. Carpenter. 1981. Combined Effects of Temperature Regime and Ration Levels, Cadmium and Zinc on Growth and Survival of Larval California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis). Presented to the Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists Symposium, November, 1981. Washington, D.C.

Lockheed Environmental Sciences (LES). 1980. Marine Biological Surveys at Potential Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) Well Sites, St. George Basin, North Aleutian Shelf, Navarin Basin, and Norton Sound, Alaska. Alaska. With D. Panzer, W. Lester. Prepared for ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Anchorage, Alaska. n.p.

Dane D. Hardin, Sr. Marine Biologist; Principal

Scientific Journals

Gunther et. al. 1999 Long-term Bioaccumulation Monitoring with Transplanted Bivalves in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin. In press.

Hardin, D.D., J. Toal, T. Parr, P. Wilde, and K. Dorsey. 1994. Spatial variation in hard-bottom epifauna in the Santa Maria Basin: The importance of physical factors. Marine Environmental Research, 37(2):165—193.

Hyland, J., D. Hardin, S. Steinhauer, D. Coats, R. Green, and J. Neff. 1994. Environmental impact of offshore oil development on the outer continental shelf and slope off Pt. Arguello, CA. Marine Environmental Research, 37(2):194—229.

Hardin, D.D., D. Graves, and E. Imamura. 1992. Investigating seafloor disturbances with a small ROV. Marine Technology Society Journal, 26(4):40—45.

Brewer, G., J. Hyland, and D. Hardin. 1991. Effects of oil drilling on deep-water reefs offshore California. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 11:26—38.

Foster, M.S., C. Harrold, and D.D. Hardin. 1991. Point vs. photo quadrat estimates of the cover of sessile marine organisms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 146:193—203.

Hyland, J., D. Hardin, E. Crecelius, D. Drake, P. Montagna, and M. Steinhauer. 1990. Monitoring long-term effects of offshore oil and gas development along the southern California outer continental shelf and slope: Background environmental conditions in the Santa Maria Basin. Oil & Chemical Pollution, 6:195—240.

Spies, R., D. Hardin, and J. Toal. 1988. Organic enrichment or toxicity? A comparison of the effects of kelp and crude oil in sediments on the colonization and growth of benthic infauna. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 124:261—282.

Caimi, F.M., R.F. Tusting, and D. Hardin. 1987. Laser-aided quantitative sampling of the sea bed. Proceedings of Oceans ‘87, pp 1234—1238.

Reports

Hardin, D. 1994. Bivalve Bioaccumulation. In 1993 Annual Report, San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Contaminants. Report by the Aquatic Habitat Institute, 180 Richmond Field Station, 1301 South 46th Street, Richmond, CA 94804.

Hardin, D., D. Heilprin, G. Cailliet, and M. Love. 1992. A Pilot Study of Rockfish Feeding Habits in the Santa Maria Basin, California. In: Imamura, E. and J. Hyland (eds.), Effects of OCS Oil and Gas Production Platforms on Rocky Reef Fishes and Fisheries. Report to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 770 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo, CA 93010 under Contract No. 14-12-0001-30489.

Hardin, D.D. 1996. Use of Sand Islands in Mertvyi Kultuk: Environmental Technical Review. Report submitted to Arctic GeoScience, Inc. and Oryx Kazakhstan Energy Company.

Hardin, D.D. 1996. Environmental Protection Plan for the Mangystau Exploration Area: Technical Review of issues Pertaining to the Caspian Sea and Mertvyi Kultuk. Report to Arctic GeoSciences, Inc. and Oryx Kazakhstan Energy Company.

Hardin, D.D. 1996. Effects of Nearshore Structures on Arctic Anadromous Fishes. Report to Conoco, Inc.

Paul D. Salop, Marine Ecologist

Publications

Salop, P. 1998. Bivalve Condition Index Analysis. Prepared for the Regional Monitoring Program Cruise #13 — 1997 Wet Season.

Salop, P. 1998. Bivalve Condition Index Analysis. Prepared for the Regional Monitoring Program Cruise #15 — 1997 Dry Season.