Pike Spector

Pike Spector earned a master’s in December 2018 from San Diego State University where he aimed to quantify the contribution of understory algae to levels of seawater dissolved oxygen on temperate rocky reefs, and what happens when these reefs are denuded of macroalgae. He conducted this study across the native range of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in Monterey Bay, San Diego, and Baja California. Pike is most proud of Project Pegasus, where he led a team of high school volunteers in the construction of a small remotely operated vehicle.

Spector will assist the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary with their bi-monthly Sanctuary Advisory Council meetings, outreach events coordinated with two other National Marine Sanctuaries in California, and with the redrafting of the sanctuary’s 10-year management plan.