KEITH D. SP PRING Project Manager M on a pre-construction monitoring g survey of hard bottom hab bitat off Bathtub Beach in Martin County, Florida. The pu urpose of the ssurvey was to o collect monito oring data prio or to w Ecologica al Associates, Inc. and Taylo or Engineering g, Inc. nourishment of the beach. Conducted with (2008).
Project Manager M and Field F Scientistt on a project tto collect base eline habitat ch haracterization n data within the Se ector 3 project area in Indian n River Countyy prior to beacch nourishmen nt. Established d permanent trransects and collected c close e-up video and d in situ repetiitive quadrat d data to describ be and characterize the hard botto om communities (Coastal Te ech, 2007-201 10).
Project Manager M and Chief C Scientist on several su urveys off Indian River County in Sectorss 1 & 2 and in Sector 7 to monitor nearshore ha ard bottom hab bitat following construction o of beach nourishment projects. Established perm manent transeccts and collectted close-up vvideo and in siitu repetitive qua adrat data to describe d and characterize c th he hard bottom m communitiess. Conducting g annual monittoring associa ated with the beach nourishm ment projects (Applied Tech hnology and Management, 2006 to 2010).
Project Manager M and Chief C Scientist on a survey of the nearsho ore hardbottom m in Juno Bea ach, Palm Beach County to ass sess the habita at prior to a be each nourishm ment project. E Established c close e-up video and d in situ repetiitive quadrat d data to describ be and permanent trransects and collected characterize the hard botto om communities (Applied Te echnology and d Managemen nt, 2007 to 200 08).
Chief Sc cientist on an assessment a su urvey of dama ages to reef/ha ard bottom habitat along the e Main Ship Channe el off Key Wes st, Florida caus sed by the dra aghead of the dredge Atchafalaya during the Key West Ha arbor Dredging g Project. Con nducted an iniitial damage a assessment off the area of in njury, performed triage of impactted coral colon nies and stabillization of othe er resources, ccompleted a m more ntitative asses ssment of dam mages, located d a coral re-atttachment site for displaced corals, detailed quan and re-attach hed coral colonies (Polaris Applied A Sciencces, Inc., 2007 7).
Project Manager M for marine m resourc ce monitoring a associated witth the mainten nance dredging g of Truman Harb bor, the turning g basin, and the Key West S Ship Channel being conduccted for the U.S. Navy in Key West, Flo orida. Prepared and design ned the resourrce monitoring g program for tthis ch was the firstt dredging pro oject ever cond ducted within tthe boundariess of a Nationa al project, whic Marine Sanc ctuary. Superv vised the week kly monitoring of coral and sseagrass health and levels o of sedimentatio on concurrent with w dredging activities. Dirrected the rem moval of severa al hundred sto ony corals from Truman T Harbo or seawalls wh here repairs we ere on-going, and re-attache ed most of the e coral at previously y impacted ree ef sites. Also responsible r fo r the pre- and post-construcction monitorin ng within adjace ent reef areas and seagrass s beds to deterrmine impactss from the project (U.S. Navyy, 2002 to 2007 7).
PUBLICATIIONS (Individ dual) Hart, A.D., D.B. D Snyder, K.D. Spring, an nd R.M. Hamm mer. 2006. Ap pplication of sccientific experimental design in mo onitoring hard bottom habitatts associated with areas of beach nourish hment. al Conference on Beach Pre eservation Tecchnology Proceedings of the 19th Annual Nationa 3, 2006, Saras sota, Florida. February 1-3 Phillips, N.W W., D.A. Gettles son, and K.D. Spring. 1990 0. Benthic biollogical studiess of the southw west Florida shelf. Am. Zool. 30 0:65-75. Gettleson, D.A., K.D. Sprin ng, R.M. Hamm mer, and R.E.. Putt. 1983. Comparison o of geophysicallly defined hard bottom and visually v detecte ed live bottom in the Charlotte Harbor Are ea of the south hwest Florida shelf. In: Oceans '83 Conference Record.