Rikk G. Kvitek
Director – Seafloor Mapping Lab
Professor – Division of Science and Environmental Policy
CaliforniaStateUniversityMontereyBay
Telephone: (831) 582-3529
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Education
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, 1990 – Advisor: Robert Paine
M.S., Marine Science, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 1986
B.S., Zoology, University of Michigan, 1971
Positions
2003-15Full Professor – CSUMBDivision of Science and Environmental Policy
2005-13Director – CSUMB Seafloor Mapping Lab Specialized Service Facility
2005-06Interim Dean – College of Science Media Arts and Technology, CSUMB
1996-2003 Associate Professor - CSUMB Division of Science and Environmental Policy
Research area of interest
Technology innovation in support of habitat mapping, marine landscape ecology, species/habitat relationships, geospatial technology and acoustic remote sensing, environmental disturbance and anthropogenic change.
Service
2012-14Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
2005-15California Seafloor Mapping Program – Academic lead and founder
2008-15CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) Executive Committee
2010-12Central California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CenCOOS) Governing Council
2008-12West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health Action Team
Selected Publications(authors’ names in bold are my CSU students)
Barnard, P. L., L. H. Erikson and R. G. Kvitek. (2011) Small-scale sediment transport patterns and bedform morphodynamics: new insights from high resolution multibeam bathymetry. Geo-Marine Letters (DOI 10.1007/s00367-011-0227-1.
Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Kvitek, R.G, and Iampietro, P.J. (2006). Sand waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, California. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Map 2006-2944, 5 map sheets.
Bretz, C.K.,R.G. Kvitek, P.J. Iampietro. (1999). A case study in the application of spatial data acquisition tools and multimedia GIS for environmental monitoring and management in Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1998 Semiannual Review Issue (2).
Butler, J. M. Neuman, D. Pinkard, R. Kvitek, G. Cochrane. (2006). The use of multibeam sonar mapping techniques to refine population estimates of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni). Fish. Bull. 104:521–532.
Davis, A., R. Kvitek, C. Mueller, M. Young. C. Storlazzi, E. Phillips. (2013) A regional analysis of the distribution of Rippled Scour Depressions along the California coast. Journal of Continental Shelf Research. 69:88–100.
Hallenbeck, T.R., Kvitek, R., Lindholm, J., (2012). Rippled scour depressions add ecologically significant heterogeneity to soft sediment habitats on the continental shelf. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 468, 119–133.
Iampietro, P. J., M. A. Young, R. G. Kvitek (2008) Multivariate Prediction of Rockfish Habitat Suitability in Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Del Monte Shalebeds, California, USA. Marine Geodesy, 31:359 - 371
Iampietro, P. J., R. G. Kvitek, and E. Morris. (2005) Recent advances in automated genus-specific marine habitat mapping enabled by high-resolution multibeam bathymetry. Marine Technology Society Journal. 39: 83-93.
Kvitek, R. G. and P.J. Iampietro. (2010) California’s seafloor mapping project. In: Ocean Globe, J. Breman (ed.) ESRI Press Academic, Redlands, CA pp75-85.
Quan, S., R. G. Kvitek, D. P. Smith, G. B. Griggs. (2012) Using vessel-based lidar to quantify coastal erosion during el niño and inter-el niño periods in monterey bay, Ca. Journal of Coastal Research 29:555 – 565.
Smith, D. P., R. G. Kvitek and P. J. Iampietro. (2007). Twenty-nine months of geomorphic change in upper MontereyCanyon (2002-2005). Marine Geology 236:79–94.
Smith, D. P., G. Ruiz, R. G. Kvitek. (2005). Semi-annual patterns of erosion and deposition in UpperMontereyCanyon from serial multibeam bathymetry. Geological Society of America Bulletin 117: 1123-1133.
Young, M.A., P.J. Iampietro, R.G. Kvitek, C.D. Garza. (2010). Multivariate bathymetry-derived generalization linear model accurately predicts rockfish distribution on Cordell Bank, California, USA. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. Vol. 415: 247-261.
Young, M.A., R. G. Kvitek, P. J. Iampietro, C. Garza, R. T. Hanlon (2011). Seafloor mapping and landscape ecology analyses used to monitor variations in spawning site preference and benthic egg mop abundance for the California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.407:226-233
Xu, J. P., F. L. Wong, R. Kvitek, D. P. Smith, C. K. Paull. (2008) Sandwave migration in MontereySubmarineCanyon, Central California. Marine Geology 248: 193-212.
Relevant Recent Grants and Contracts:
2014-15 Development of an unmanned surface vessel for ultra-shallow water habitat mapping in San Francisco Bay, California Ocean Protection Council
2012-13 Statewaters habitat mapping of San Nicolas Island, US Navy via CESU
2012-15 Habitat mapping of San Clemente Island, US Navy via CESU
2011“Filling in the White Zone”: A pilot study showing the feasibility of the construction of seamless bathymetric, geologic, habitat and other thematic maps in the coastal and estuarine zones. NOAA via West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health & Pacific States Marine Fisheries Council.
2008-13California State Waters Mapping Project, California Ocean Protection Council and State Coastal Conservancy
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