BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT: I received my Ph.D. in Marine Zoology from Gothenburg University (Sweden) in 1996, studying the effects of
habitat complexity and spatial heterogeneity on marine benthic fauna. I
was fortunate to carry my research in a variety of geographical areas
and habitats - from polar to tropical, and from intertidal to
deep-water. I am actively involved in seabed habitat mapping at Bedford Institute of Oceanography since 1998, carrying
research on the relationship between distribution of benthic
communities and physical properties of seafloor habitats (geological
and oceanographic conditions) in Canadian waters. Working closely
with marine geologists, I apply recent advances in underwater
remote-sensing technology and ecological theory to benthic habitat
classification and mapping. |
| AFFILIATION: Habitat ecologist, Natural Resources Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive (P.O. Box 1006), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 4A2 Adjunct Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, B3H 3J5 |
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RECENT SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS: 6 June 2006. Canadian
Hydrographic Conference, September 2006. NOAA
Advanced technologies workshop, 13 October 2006. Invited
talk: “Seabed habitat mapping for Ocean management: Keeping your eyes
on the Goal. Examples from Canadian experience”. UNH Center for Coastal
& Ocean Mapping. December 2006. 22 - 24 January 2007. Invited
presentation at Scientific Experts’ Workshop on Biogeographic
Classification Systems in Open Ocean and Deep Seabed Areas Beyond National
Jurisdiction. 19 - 20 February 2007. Expert adviser. “Geoscientific
Research in the St-Lawrence Estuary”. Workshop for members and partners
of the GSC team working on marine geology in the St. Lawrence Estuary. February 27th - March 1st 2007. Geoscience for Oceans Management
Workshop, NRCan. Presentation “First steps toward a national
perspective on habitat mapping”. Chaired a breakout group
“Habitat mapping - the big picture for 5 – 7 March 2007. Participant,
DFO National Workshop on survey design, database design and analysis of
underwater video/photographic surveys. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 26 March 2007. Invited
presentation of habitat template model at US/Canada Habitat Workgroup
Meeting, organized by NMFS at 2005 Blasco et al. Beaufort
Sea Environmental and geotechnical research related to offshore hydrocarbon
development. 32 Annual Yellowknife Geoscience forum 16 - 18 November 2004. [all abstracts, large file] 2005 Pickrill, R and
Kostylev, V. E. Habitat Mapping and National Seafloor Mapping Strategies in 2005 Kostylev V.E. Participation in the Census of
Marine life planning meeting. 2005 Kostylev V.E. Presentation to Nova Scotia Scallop fishery Association. Dartmouth. 2004 Kostylev V. E. Benthic habitat mapping on Scotian shelf. GEOHAB 2004 2004
Brian Todd, Shaw, J., Kostylev, V.E. New marine geoscience
and benthic habitat map products from the Geological Survey of Canada. Poster
presentation. 2004
Kostylev V.E. DFO Regional Advisory Process on benthic habitat mapping.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2004
Kostylev V. E. Challenging Geological Supremacy: An approach to Habitat
Mapping. An overview of a new methodology of mapping habitat on the Canadian
continental shelves. 2004
Kostylev V.E. Benthic habitat template model. James J. Howard Marine Science
laboratory ( 2004
Kostylev V.E. Presentation of Beaufort Sea Habitat mapping: benthos, multibeam, surveys. Research Day Open house in 2004
Kostylev V.E. Presentation on progress of habitat mapping in Beaufort Sea to
Fisheries Joint Management Committee at Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg,
January 2004. 2004
Kostylev V.E. Benthic classification on Scotian
Shelf. Presentation at DFO Workshop on the Maintenance of the Diversity of
Ecosystem Types: Benthic Community Distributions of the Scotian-Fundy
Area. December 2004. 2004
Kostylev V.E. Habitat template approach to habitat mapping. Presentation at
the 2004
Kostylev V.E. Represented NRCan at Ocean Zoning Workshop, 2004
Kostylev V.E. Rapporteur for a working group.
Census of Marine Life Workshop. 2003
Noji, TT; Thorsnes, T;
Todd, B; Kostylev, V; Cogan, CB. 2003. Marine habitat mapping. In: Rachold, V; Cherkashov, G, eds.
Arctic Coastal Dynamics - Report of the 4th International Workshop; 2003 Todd
B. J, V. E. Kostylev and Page C. Valentine. Benthic habitat of eastern Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine.
GEOHAB 2003 New 2003 Kostylev V.E. Benthic habitat mapping on Scotian shelf. James J. Howard Marine Science laboratory
( 2003 Kostylev V.E. Series of seminars for DFO, Oceans
Act Office on development of new habitat mapping methodology. 2003 Guest scientist, Geological survey of 2003 Guest Scientist, Marine Biological Association, 2003 Kostylev V.E. NRCan habitat mapping approaches and
progress of project X32. Offshore Petroleum Board, Halifax. 2002 Kostylev, V.E. Benthic habitat mapping on Scotian shelf. Scientists and Fishermen conference,
Halifax, N.S. Invited speaker 2002 Kostylev, V.E. Clearwater Fine Foods Inc. Presentation
of NRCan benthic habitat mapping activities for seagoing personnel. Invited
speaker. 2002 Kostylev, V.E. Centre for Marine Biodiversity, 2002 Valentine, P. C., Todd, B. J. and Kostylev, V. E.
A Regional Approach to Marine Sublittoral
Habitat Classification: An Example for Northeastern North America.
GEOHAB 2002, USA. Oral presentation
(Todd). 2001 Kostylev, V.E. DFO Regional Advisory Process on
benthic habitat mapping. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, |
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1994 Swire Marine biological laboratory, Hong Kong. Prof. G.
Williams. Studies of habitat complexity and benthic
communities. Invitation and funding. 1998/present
Marine Biological Association, 1999/present
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. A. Aksu.
Cooperation on palaeoecology of Black and 1999/present 1999/present Geological survey of 2002/present DFO, interdepartmental habitat mapping,
principal investigator. Funding from DFO at 50,000 per year for 3 year
project. 2003 Marine Biological Association, UK. Prof. S. Hawkins.
Invitation and funding for cooperative research.
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2001/present Member of Eastern Scotian
Shelf Integrated Management initiative planning committee. 2001/present Member, GEOHAB. International group for
geological habitat mapping. 2001/present
Member, Centre for Marine Biodiversity. 2002/present
DFO, invitation to lead interdepartmental habitat mapping, principal
investigator. 2003/2005
Project leader, NRCan project # X32, Geoscience for Eastern Scotian
shelf Integrated Management. 2003 Member, Marine Biological Association, 2003 - present Official Canadian
representative at International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping. 2003/2005 Responsible for benthic habitat component
of NRCan project #X33, “Habitat Mapping.” 2003/present Project manager. Beaufort Shelf Benthic
Habitat Mapping. Funded by PERD. 2004 Member of Gulf of Maine Global Ocean Observing
System (GoMaGOOS) international planning team. 2004 Appointed as an adjunct professor at 2005 Thesis supervisor. "Predictive mapping of benthic habitats using acoustic remote sensing techniques". University of Ulster/NOAA/GSCA |