Moss Landing Marine Laboratories - Faculty Info: Stacy Kim

Faculty Info: Stacy Kim

STACY KIM

Adjunct Professor. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

M.S., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Email: skim@mlml.calstate.edu
Lab Website: http://benthic.mlml.calstate.edu

Specific Research Interests:
My research interests focus on benthic community ecology in disturbed habitats. Disturbances can include both anthropogenic (human-mediated) and natural processes. One of the key issues in disturbance ecology is the availability of good background or baseline data, and in the Benthic Lab we have a strong interest in rescuing and developing historical data sets, incorporating disparate information into standardized databases, and making them widely accessible. We take a holistic approach to our work, placing it in a larger context of ecological understanding across habitats and sustainability of ecosystem health both locally and globally.

Current Projects:
(1) Decadal Patterns in Monterey Bay (Ecological effects of the Moss Landing thermal discharge; Characterization of the benthic and planktonic communities of Elkhorn Slough; Invasive species study); (2) Habitat Mapping and Reproductive Ecology at Hydrothermal Vents (Site evaluations and background studies of interactions among fluid chemistry, physiology, and community ecology for Ridge 2000 Lau Basin integrated studies; Sampling and initial characterization of hydrothermal fluids, deposits, microfauna and megafauna at vent fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center); (3) Development of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for Antarctic Research (SCINI - Submersible Constructed for under Ice Navigation and Imaging).

Selected Publications:

Kim, S. L., A. Thurber, K. Hammerstrom and K. Conlan. 2007. Seastar response to organic enrichment in an oligotrophic polar habitat. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346:66-75.

Kim, S., and A. Thurber. 2007. Comparison of seastar (Asteroidea) fauna across island groups of the Scotia Arc. Polar Biology 30(4):415-425. DOI 10.1007/s00300-006-0198-2.

Thrush, S., P. Dayton, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, M. Chiantore, V. Cummings, N. Andrew, I. Hawes, S. Kim, R. Kvitek and A-M. Schwarz. 2006. Broad-scale factors influencing the biodiversity of coastal benthic communities of the Ross Sea. Deep Sea Research II 53:959–971.

Kim, S.L, K. Conlan, D.P. Malone and C.V. Lewis. 2005. Possible food caching and defence in the Weddell seal: observations from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 17(1):71–72.

Detrich, H.W., C.D. Jones, S. Kim, A.W. North, A. Thurber, and M. Vacchi. 2005. Nesting behavior of the icefish Chaenocephalus aceratus at Bouvetøya Island, Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 28(11):828-832. DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0010-8.

Conlan, K.E., S.L. Kim, H.S. Lenihan and J.S. Oliver. 2004. Benthic changes over ten years of organic enrichment by McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Marine Pollution Bulletin 49:43-60.

Lenihan, H.S., C.H. Peterson, S.L. Kim, K.E. Conlan, R. Fairey, C. McDonald, J.H. Grabowski and J.S. Oliver. 2003. Variation in marine benthic community composition allows discrimination of multiple stressors. Marine Ecology Progress Series 261:63-73.

Kim, S., A. Thurber, R. Mooi, S. Lockhart, R. Rowley. 2003. Invertebrate bycatch from benthic trawling around Elephant and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. AMLR report.

Oakden, J., S.L. Kim, J.S. Oliver and P.N. Slattery. 2001. San Francisco International Airport Runway Configuration Project: Benthic Invertebrate Assessment. ABA Consultants EIR/EIS report.

Kim, S.L. and L.S. Mullineaux. 1997. Distribution and near-bottom transport of larvae and other plankton at hydrothermal vents. Deep-Sea Research 45:423-440.

Mullineaux, L.S., S.L. Kim, R. Lutz and A. Pooley. 1996. Identification of archaeogastropod larvae from a hydrothermal vent community. Marine Biology 124:551-560.

Kim, S.L., L.S. Mullineaux and K.R. Helfrich. 1994. Larval dispersal via entrainment into hydrothermal vent plumes. Journal of Geophysical Research 99(C6):12655-12665.

Findlay, R.H., S.L. Kim and C.A. Butman. 1992. Colonization of freshly deposited barite and silica sediments by marine microorganisms in a laboratory flume flow. Marine Ecology Progress Series 90:73-88.

Kim, S.L. 1992. The role of drift kelp in the population ecology of a Diopatra ornata Moore (Polychaeta:Onuphidae) ecotone. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 156:253-272.

Kim, S.L. and J.S. Oliver. 1989. Swarming benthic crustaceans in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and their relation to geographic patterns in gray whale feeding. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(6):1531-1542.

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