Associate Professor
Program Biologist, Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL)

Education

• 1995 PhD Zoology, University of Hawaii
• 1985 MS Zoology, University of Hawaii
• 1977 BS Biology, Marietta College

• Deepwater habitats, ecology and fisheries
• Sefloor mapping and GIS

2006-2007 Publications

• Kahng, S. & C. Kelley. In press. Vertical zonation of habitat forming benthic species on a deep photosynthetic reef (50-140 m) in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii. Coral Reefs.

• Kelley, C.; R. Moffitt; and J.R. Smith. 2006. Description of bottomfish essential fish habitat on four banks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin.  No. 543, 319-332.

• Kelley, C. & W. Ikehara. 2006. The impacts of bottomfishing on Raita and West St. Rogatien Banks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. No. 543, 305-318.

• Webster, J.; D. Clague; J. Braga; H. Spalding; W. Renema; C. Kelley; B. Appelgate; J. Smith; C. Paul; J. Moore; D. Potts.  2006.     Drowned coralline-algal-dominated deposits off Lanai, Hawaii; carbonate accretion and vertical tectonics over the last 30 ka. Marine Geology.

2006-2007 Abstracts/Presentations

• Kerby, T., C. Kelley, & S. Price. 2006.  Hidden History: The discovery of the midget sub. Proceedings of the Pearl Harbor 65th Anniversary Symposium. Honolulu, HI. Dec 3-5, 2006.

• Kelley, C.,  J R. Smith, R. O’Connor, S. Vogt. 2006.  The Bottomfish GIS: A Tool Developed to Review and Modify Restricted Fishing Areas in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Presented at the Deepwater Habitats Workshop.  Wellington, New Zealand.

• Kelley, C. 2006. Strip Transects and Bait Stations: Non-lethal Fisheries Assessment Techniques Using a Submersible.  Presented at: Workshop to Evaluate Fishery Independent Approaches for Assessment of Hawaii Bottomfish Resources. Honolulu, HI September 20-21, 2006.

• Kelley, C; J. Smith, R. O’Connor; & S. Vogt. 2006. Toward GIS-Based Management of the Hawaiian Bottomfish Fishery. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS12b-06.