FY2010 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 FY2010. 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. Improving Attachments of Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans

Funding for these awards was provided by the Office of Naval Research (NSF), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

• Improving Attachments of Non-invasive (Type III) Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans
  Lead PI: Dr. Michael Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Improving Attachments of Remotely-Deployed Dorsal Fin Mounted Tags: Tissue Structure, Hydrodynamics, In Situ Performance, and Tagged-Animal Follow-up
  Lead PI: Dr. Russell Andrews, University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Alaska SeaLife Center

• Examination of Health Effects and Long-Term Impacts of Deployments of Multiple Tag Types on Blue, Humpback, and Gray Whales in the Eastern North Pacific
  Lead PI: Dr. John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective
• Evaluating Potential Effects of Statellite Tagging in Large Whales: A Case Study with Gulf of Maine Humpback Whales
  Lead PI: Dr. Jooke Robbins, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies

Topic 2. Developing Environmental Protocols and Monitoring to Support Ocean Renewable Energy and Stewardship

Funding for these awards was provided by the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).

• Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Alternative Energy Development in North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas
  Lead PI: Dr. Chris Clark and Dr. Aaron Rice, Cornell University

• Protocols for Baseline Studies and Monitoring for Ocean Renewable Energy
  Lead PI: Justin Klure and Therese Hampton, Pacific Energy Ventures

• Roadmap: Technologies for Cost Effective, Spatial Resource Assessments for Offshore Renewable Energy
  Lead PI: Dr. John Miller, New England Marine Renewable Energy Center and Dr. Eugene Terray, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Evaluating Acoustic Technologies to Monitor Aquatic Organisms at Renewable Energy Sites
  Lead PI: Dr. John Horne, University of Washington

• Developing Environmental Protocols and Monitoring to Support Ocean Renewable Energy and Stewardship
  Lead PI: Dr. Rebecca Smyth, University of Texas-Austin

• Visual Impact Evaluation System for Offshore Renewable Energy
  Lead PI: Dr. Jackson Cothren, University of Arkansas

• Bayesian Integration Marine Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Siting
  Lead PI: Mr. Kevin Halsey, Parametrix

• Developing Environmental Protocols and Monitoring to Support Ocean Renewable Energy and Stewardship
  Lead PI: Dr. Jennifer McCann, University of Rhode Island

Topic 3. Exploration and Research of Mid-Atlantic Deepwater Hard Bottom Habitats and Shipwrecks with Emphasis on Canyons and Coral Communities

Funding for this award was provided by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Geological Survey (USGS).

• Atlantic Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss
  Lead PI: Dr. Sandra Brooke, Florida State University, Dr. Steve W. Ross, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and Mr. Stephen Viada, Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.