Personnel: Grigg

Emma K. Grigg

Position: Graduate Student

Campus Address:
Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Phone: (530) 752-5830

Email:

Degrees:

Present: University of California, Davis - Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Group in Ecology

1998: San Francisco State University - M.A. Biology (Behavior and Physiology)

1988: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec - B.A. English Literature/Anthropology

Research Interests:

Habitat use by large marine top predator in an estuarine environment subject to high levels of anthropogenic disturbance; use of satellite telemetry and GIS to analyze factors influencing movement, behavior, and habitat selection in marine mammals; factors influencing population dynamics of harbor seals in San Francisco Bay.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Grigg, E.K., Allen, S.G., Green, D.E., Markowitz, H. (in press) Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) population trends in the San Francisco Bay estuary, 1970-2002. California Fish and Game.

Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Allen, S.G., Markowitz, H. (2002) Diurnal and nocturnal haul out patterns of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) at Castro Rocks, San Francisco Bay, California. California Fish and Game 88 (1).

Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Allen, S.G., Markowitz, H. An analysis of relationships between environmental variables and harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) haul out patterns at Castro Rocks, San Francisco Bay, CA. The Wildlife Society Western Section Annual Meeting, Feb. 22-24, 2001. Sacramento, CA.

Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Allen, S.G., Nickel, B., Markowitz, H. and Gulland, F. Overview of current monitoring of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in San Francisco Bay, CA. 6th Biennial Conference on Research in the Gulf of Farallones. San Francisco, CA, October 2001.

Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Allen, S. and Markowitz, H. The Richmond Bridge Harbor Seal Survey. 8th Annual Wildlife Medicine Symposium, University of California, Davis, CA. January 2002.

Nickel, B., Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Allen, S.G., and Markowitz, H. Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) distribution, movement, and foraging within San Francisco Bay, California. 4th Annual Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium. San Francisco, CA, January 26, 2002.

Nickel, B., Grigg, E.K., Green, D.E., Markowitz, H., and Allen, S.G. Should I stay or should I go?: Monitoring Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) movement and site use in and around the San Francisco Estuary. California and World Ocean 2002: revisiting and revising California’s ocean agenda. Santa Barbara, CA. October 2002.

Grigg, E.K., Nickel, B., Green, D.E., Allen, S., and Markowitz, H. Spatial analysis of habitat use patterns of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in San Francisco Bay, California. 2nd Workshop for GIS and Remote Sensing for Marine Mammal Scientists, Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference, Vancouver, CA. November 2001.