Researcher 

Education

• BS 1958 - Stanford University
• MS 1964 - University of Hawaii 
• PhD 1970 - University of California at San Diego, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography 

• Coral reef ecology
• Paleoecology
• Fisheries management

• OCN 201 - Science of the Sea 
• OCN 621 - Biological Oceanography
• OCN 628 - Benthic Biological Oceanography  

Richard W. Grigg (in press) Invasion of a deep black coral bed by an alien species, Carijoa riisei, off Maui, Hawaii. Coral Reefs.

Richard W. Grigg, Eric Grossman, Sylvia Earle, Steve Gittings, Dave Lott and John McDonough (2002) Drowned reefs and antecedent karst topography, Au’au Channel, S.E. Hawaiian Islands. Coral Reefs, 21 73-82.  

Richard W. Grigg (2001) Status of the black coral fishery in Hawaii, 1998. Pacific Science, 55 291-299.

Richard W. Grigg (2000) Coral Reef Evolution: short term instability versus evolutionary stasis Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Dec. 2000: 65-68.

Richard W. Grigg (1999) The Paleoceanography of coral reefs in the Pacific: 240 Ma of ocean and island history. Prometheus, 17 1-3.

Richard W. Grigg (1998) Holocene coral reef accretion in Hawaii; a function of wave exposure and sea level history. Coral Reefs, 17 263-272.

Richard W. Grigg (1997) Benthic communitites on Loihi submarine volcano reflect high disturbance environment. Pacific Science, 51 209-222.

Richard W. Grigg (1997) Uplift caused by lithospheric flexure in the Hawaiian Archipelago
as revealed by elevated coral deposits. Marine Geology, 141 11-25.

Richard W. Grigg (1997) Paleoceanography of the Hawaiian-Emperor Archipelago - Revisited. Coral Reefs, 16 145-153.

Richard W. Grigg (1995) Coral reefs in an urban embayment in Hawaii: a complex case history    controlled by both natural and anthropogenic stress. Coral Reefs, 14 253-266.

Research Funding

• Sea Grant. 2001-2003. $77,353. Sustainability of the black coral fishery in Hawaii and impacts on bottom fish.
• HURL. 2001-2003. $275,000. Sustainability of the black coral fishery in Hawaii and impacts on bottom fish.
• Sea Grant. 2003-2005. $55,882. Impact of an invasive invertebrate species, Carijoa riisei, on coral reef ecology in Hawaii.
• NOAA. 2002-2003. Approximately $2,500,000. Co-Principal Investigator with Marlin Atkinson et al., and STI. Hyperspectral analysis of coral reefs in the Hawaiian Archipelago.