FY2007 Funded Projects

The following is a list of projects (showing the project title and the lead PI and institution) funded under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) in FY2007. Discussions on the contractual details of each award were initiated at the appropriate funding agency.

For abstracts of each project and the partners involved, click on the project title.

Topic 1. Coastal Effects of a Diminished-Ice Arctic Ocean

Funding for these awards was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Minerals Management Service (MMS), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

• Episodic Upwelling of Zooplankton within a Bowhead Whale Feeding Area near Barrow, AK
  Lead PI: Dr. Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Towards Understanding and Prediction of the Alaskan Coastal System Response to Changes in an Ice diminished Arctic
  Lead PI: Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School

• Circulation, Cross-Shelf Exchange, Sea Ice, and Marine Mammal Habitats on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf
  Lead PI: Dr. Thomas Weingartner, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

• Toward a predictive model of Arctic coastal retreat in a warming climate, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
  Lead PI: Dr. Cameron Wobus, University of Colorado, Boulder

Topic 2. Marine Mammals

Funding for these awards was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Minerals Management Service (MMS), and the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF).

• Developing the Next Generation Marine Mammal Information Center for Integrated Ocean Observing: OBIS-SEAMAP 2.0
  Lead PI: Dr. Patrick Halpin, Duke University

• Mid-Frequency Sonar Interactions with Beaked Whales
  Lead PI: Dr. Kenneth G. Foote, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• The Influence of Oceanographic and Biological Processes on the Distribution of Cetaceans on the West Florida Shelf: A Synoptic Study Based on Underwater and Space-Based Remote Sensing
  Lead PI: Dr. David Mann, University of South Florida

• An Ocean Observing System for Large-Scale Monitoring and Mapping of Noise Throughout the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
  Lead PI: Dr. Christopher Clark, Cornell University

• DECAF – Density Estimation for Cetaceans from passive Acoustic Fixed sensors
  Lead PI: Dr. Len Thomas, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

• Acoustic Detection, Behavior, and Habitat Use of Deep-Diving Odontocetes
  Lead PI: Dr. Mark Johnson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Climate Change and Baleen Whale Trophic Cascades in West Greenland
  Lead PI: Dr. Kristin Laidre, University of Washington