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Kathryn Ford
 
Environmental Analyst
Marine Habitat/Conservation Engineering
Marine Habitat Mapping
Quest Campus
New Bedford
   
  DMF Responsibilities
 
  • Marine habitat mapping
 
  • Technology development
 
  • Benthic and water column imaging using single and multibeam sonars
 
  • Representative for ocean planning and ecosystem based management
   
  Education
 

2003 - Ph.D., Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode           Island, Narragansett, RI.

   
  1995 - B.S., Biology-Geology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
   
  Research Interests
 

Acoustic mapping of seafloor habitats; fisheries habitat research and impact of natural hazards; ecosystem based management and linking science to management; technology development

   
  DMF Technical Reports
 

Ford, K. H. 2007. Cod Conservation Zone Research: December 2005-February 2006.           Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report.

   
  Other Publications
 

Ford, K.H., J.W. King, and J.C. Boothroyd. 2004. A comparison of aerial photography and           sidescan sonar interpretations of eelgrass beds in a shallow coastal lagoon in           Rhode Island. The Coastal Society 19th International Conference, Newport, RI.

   
 

Ford, K.H., J.G. Turek, J.G. Catena. 2003. Underwater video camera habitat analysis for           scallop seeding. North Cape Shellfish Restoration Program Report. NOAA. 22 pp.

   
 

D'Hondt, S.L., B.B. Jorgensen, D.J. Miller, et al. 2004. Distributions of microbial activities           in deep subseafloor sediments. Science, 306(5705): 2216-2221.

   
 

Ford, K.H. and J.W. King. 2003. Holocene environment and hurricanes in coastal lagoons,           Rhode Island. Estuarine Research Federation Conference Abstracts, Seattle, WA.           p. 46.

   
  Ford, K.H. 2001. The ecological sensitivity of the coastal salt ponds in Rhode Island.           Report for the Town Councils of Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown, and           Narragansett, Rhode Island.


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