February, 2000 
SCAMIT Newsletter 
Vol. 18, No.10 
man over the 3-4 year study. We conducted 
toxicity tests (metals, DDT, PCBs, 
hydrocarbons) on 20 species of animals (7 
crustaceans, 5 polychaetes, 4 bivalves, 4 fish). 
In general, crustaceans were usually the most 
sensitive with fish and pelecypods being the 
most tolerant. A manual was prepared and the 
results of some of this work was published. 
Jack Anderson, Murray Dailey and I received a 
contract from MMS to write a book 
summarizing the ecology of the Southern 
California Bight. Fred Piltz, a former student 
of mine, was the project manager for MMS. 
The 3 of us served as editors and we wrote a 
1000 page book published by the Univ. of CA 
press with the help of over 20 contributors. 
Not many books of this type have been written 
and I think that it will be a source of valuable 
information for many years or decades. 
The last major contract I had was with Jack 
Anderson (then at SCCWRP) to study the 
effect of produced water from offshore 
platforms on 5 species (echinoderm 
fertilization test, Mysidopsis, Neanthes, 
Microtox® and fish). Ken Schiff, Steve Bay, 
and Andrew Jirik worked on the project. It is 
well to remember that one species is not the 
most sensitive to all toxicants; Neanthes was 
the most tolerant to produced water but was the 
most sensitive to the reference toxicant. Ken 
Schiff was the first author of the publication. 
The foregoing account describes the major 
grants and contracts that I have received over 
the years. I have also received many 
consulting contracts too numerous to mention. 
Next chapter: Some interesting consulting 
contracts. 
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