EXPERIENCE


    This section provides a list of selected projects that have been carried out by EcoSystems within the past forty years. We are experienced in working not only in the Continental United States but throughout the world and have worked in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Mexico, Chile, Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, New Caledonia, throughout the South and Central Pacific, Columbia, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Alaska and various locations in the Caribbean.

The representative project examples of EcoSystems Services over many years are divided into the sections listed below. Please scroll down to see the detailed listings. To request any additional information or in-depth explanations of any project or for questions regarding other services, please contact us via the "contact staff" button.

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    ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1977 Hawaii Ocean Dredge Spoil Disposal Impact
1983 Kealakehe, HI Kealakehe Waste Water Outfall
1986 San Diego, CA Mission Bay Eelgrass Inventory for City of San Diego
1988 Las Vegas, NV Hydrodynamic Investigation of Lake Mead Lower Basin for City of Las Vegas and Clark County
1989 Lake Mead, NV Water Quality Study
1989 Palos Verdes, CA Palos Verdes Offshore Slump Survey, in corporation with Dill & Associates
1989 - 1993 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel Saltwater Intrusion Monitoring Program for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1992 - 1999 San Clemente, CA Artificial Reef Site Selection Studies for Southern California Edison Company
1992 - 2003 San Diego, CA Shipyard & Boatyard Sediment Monitoring Program for California Regional Water Quality Control Board Compliance
1996 Sacramento, CA Water Collection for rare element finger-printing of the Sacramento River, for California Institute of Technology
1996 Tracy, CA Determination of Dilution & Dispersion of effluent into the San Joaquin River Delta
1999 Contra Costa, CA Waste Water Impacts Evaluation, Contra Costa Water District, in corporation with Flow Science
2003 -2004 Vacaville, CA Discharge Water Tracing, City of Vacaville, in corporation with Flow Science



    ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES -- INTERNATIONAL
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1980 Guam North Guam Lens Study, Ground Water Evaluation
1987 Noumea, New Caledonia Physical & Biological Baseline Assessment for Plume Analysis, CORALMIN S.A.
1990 Mallorca, Spain Dredging Impact Analysis, Bathymetry and Posidonia Inventory Surveys


    OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIES -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1979 - 1999 San Onofre, CA Offshore Current & Wave Monitoring Program for Southern California Edison
1981 San Clemente, CA Physical/ Oceanographic Study for Southern California Edison
1984 - 2002 San Onofre, CA Physical/ Chemical Oceanographic Program for the Continuous Monitoring of San Onofre Nuclear Power Station
1985 Bering Sea, AK Satellite Based Monitoring of Ice Drift in the Bering Sea for Oil Company Consortium
1972 - 1990 San Onofre, CA Kelp Density and Distribution Mapping and Substrate Monitoring Offshore Southern California
1993 San Clemente, CA Effects of Kelp Artificial Reefs on Littoral Drift, for Southern California Edison
1994 San Diego, CA Water Quality Sampling and Chemical Analyses for National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
1995 - 1997 Panama City, FL Naval Optical Research Program, Operations Support, NRL Stennis, MS/CSS
1996 San Diego, CA Sand Dumping Site Pre-Survey for U.S. Navy, San Diego Dredging Project, Surveys in Carlsbad, Solana Beach & Del Mar 
1997 - 1999 San Diego, CA Sand Dispersion Study of Navy, San Diego Bay Dredging Project Sand Dumping Sites for Scripps Institute of Oceanography 
1998 Oceanside, CA Sand Migration Studies for California Department of Boating and Waterways


    GEOPHYSICAL PROJECTS -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1975 Bering Sea, AK Coring and Seismic Analysis of Sediments
1976 Channel Islands, CA Seismic and Geochemical Studies
1981 Santa Barbara, CA Hondo/ Las Flores Pipeline Route Evaluation for Exxon
1982 Kahe Point, HI Geophysical Studies for OTEC/ Lawrence Lab
1984 San Diego, CA San Diego Bay Pre-Dredging Survey
1984 Pearl Harbor, HI Pearl Harbor Pre-Construction Survey
1993 Los Angeles, CA Santa Monica/ Castellammare Offshore Geophysical Survey for CALTRANS/ Slossen Assoc./ Dill GeoMarine Consultants
1994 San Diego, CA Pre-Dredging Bathymetric Survey for University of California, San Diego
1994 Weldon Springs, MO Weldon Spring Super Fund Site for Radio-nuclide Waste Quantification in Raffinate Ponds for DOE/ Morrison-Knudsen
1995 Redding, CA Geophysical Survey of Keswick Reservoir for Zeneca Inc.
1996 San Diego, CA King Harbor Geo-History Study for Coastal Environments and National Union
1996 Palos Verdes, CA Offshore Toxic Sediment Sampling for L & W, JDG
1997 Los Angeles, CA Pena Canyon Geophysical Survey for CALTRANS
1998 Los Angeles, CA Tajiguas Site Characterization Study for Philips Petroleum Co.
1998 Santa Barbarba, CA Encina Offshore Site Characterization Study for SDG&E
2000 Ventura, CA Mandalay Pipeline location Survey
2000 Carlsbad, CA Buena Vista Coastal / Seafloor Characterization
2002 Laguna, CA Sub-bottom Profiling, Bathymetery and Substrate


    GEOPHYSICAL PROJECTS -- INTERNATIONAL
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1987 Mariana Islands Geophysical & Bathymetric Surveys in Harbor of Saipan
1987 New Caledonia Geophysical Studies at Chesterfield Atoll, Mineral Resource (Construction Materials) for Geomarex Corp
1991 Guam Offshore Seismic Survey for Waste Water Improvements in Tipalao Bay, for U.S. Navy


    HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1981 Los Angeles, CA Side-Scan Sonar Survey at Los Angeles Harbor Department
1987 San Diego, CA Mapping of Artificial Reefs in the Southern California Bight for California Department of Fish and Game
1988 Mobile, AL Locate Pipeline Crossings on Three Channels in the Mississippi Sound for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1996 Santa Barbara, CA Aircraft Recovery Side Scan Sonar Survey for Champion Air Salvage


    ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1985  Los Angeles, CA  Historic Wreck Determinations and Archaeological Site Clearance for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
1988 Huntington Beach, CA Historic Wreck Determinations and Archeological Site Clearance for Scripps Institute of Oceanography
1996 Imperial Beach, CA / Point Loma, CA Historic Wreck Determinations and Archaeological Site Clearance for Scripps Instritute of Oceanography
2000 - 2001 San Francisco, CA Cultural Resource Survey for the San Francisco International Airport Runway Reconfiguration


    ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1995 Czech Republic Archaeological Pre-Survey & Bathymetry on the Moldau River in Prague for the Minsistry of History
1996 Czech Republic Bridge Foundation Survey on the Moldau River for Prague Institute for State Antiquities


    PROSPECTING AND EXPLORATION -- USA
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1978 Bluff, AK Mineral Exploration (Gold) and Environmental Survey


    PROSPECTING AND EXPLORATION -- INTERNATIONAL
 
YEARS
LOCATION
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT
1967 South Pacific System Development & Exploration for Manganese Nodules in Central and South Pacific for Kennecott
1972 Micronesia Phosphate Deposit Exploration on 42 Islands for Union Oil/ Cominco/ Pechinet (Consortium)
1976 French Polynesia Drilling and Sampling for Phosphate Mineral Exploration
1978 Central Pacific Mineral Resource Exploration of 31 Central Pacific Islands, Kirbati, Phoenix & Line Islands for Consortium
1983 New Caledonia Mineral Exploration Geophysical Surveys for Consortium