New US research grants from the National Science
Foundation
Below is the full list of PIs and collaborators affiliated with
the new research grants on ocean acidification from the
National Science Foundation (NSF). Projects will examine aspects of
ocean acidification spanning deep time to nanoseconds and focus on
spatial scales from global to molecular.
Jess F. Adkins, California Institute of
Technology: Ocean Acidification - Collaborative
Research: Measuring the kinetics of CaCO3 dissolution in seawater
using novel isotope labeling, laboratory experiments, and in situ
experiments. Additional Collaborators: William M Berelson,
University of Southern California
William M. Balch and David M Fields, Bigelow
Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: Ocean Acidification - Effects
of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus
finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological
carbon pumps
Joan M Bernhard, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution: Ocean
Acidification, Hypoxia and Warming: Experimental Investigations
into Compounded Effects of Global Change on Benthic
Foraminifera
Robert H Byrne and Xuewu Liu College of Marine
Science, University of South Florida: Ocean
Acidification: Collaborative Research: Investigation of seawater
CO2 system thermodynamics under high pCO2 conditions.
Additional Collaborators: Lori R Adornato, University of South
Florida
Anne Cohen, Steven J Lentz and Kathryn
Shamberger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Toward
Predicting the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Net Calcification
by a Broad Range of Coral Reef Ecosystems: Identifying Patterns and
Underlying Causes
Erik Cordes and Rob J Kulathinal, Temple
University: Ocean
Acidification: Physiological and genetic responses of the
deep-water coral, Lophelia pertusa, to ongoing ocean acidification
in the Gulf of Mexico
Robyn E Hannigan, Andrew L Rhyne and Michael F
Tlusty, University of Massachusetts Boston: Ocean
Acidification: Effects on morphology and mineralogy in otoliths of
larval reef fish
Donal T Manahan and Dennis Hedgecock,
University of Southern California: Ocean
Acidification: Predicting "winners and losers" to ocean
acidification -- a physiological genomic study of
genetically-determined variance during larval development
Figen A Mekik, Grand Valley State University:
Carbonate
preservation in pelagic sediments: Developing a new aragonite
preservation proxy
Bruce A Menge John A Barth and Francis Chan,
Oregon State University: OCEAN
ACIDIFICATION - COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OMEGAS II – Linking
ecological and organismal responses to the ocean acidification
seascape in the California Current System. Additional
Collaborators: Margaret McManus, University of Hawaii; Gretchen E
Hofmann, Carol Blanchette, and Libe Washburn, University of
California, Santa Barbara; Eric D Sanford, Brian P Gaylord, Tessa M
Hill and Ann Russell, University of California, Davis; Francisco
Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Peter T Raimondi,
University of California, Santa Cruz
T. Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution: Ocean
Acidification: Examining Impacts on Squid Paralarval Development,
Behavior, and Survival
M. Brady Olson and Brooke Love, WWU Shannon
Point Marine Lab: Collaborative
Research: Ocean Acidification: Impacts on copepod populations
mediated by changes in prey quality. Additional Collaborators:
Julie E Keister, University of Washington
Mak A Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution: Ocean
Acidification: The Influence of Ocean Acidification and Rising
Temperature on Phytoplankton Proteome Composition
Martin Tresguerres and Dimitri D Deheyn, UCSD
Scripps Inst of Oceanography: Ocean
acidification: physiological mechanisms for CO2-sensing and related
intracellular signaling pathways in corals
Jonathan G Wynn and Lisa L Robbins, University
of South Florida: Ocean
Acidification in the Canada Basin: Roles of Sea Ice
James C Zachos, University of California-Santa
Cruz: Ocean
Acidification: Collaborative Research: Establishing The Magnitude
Of Sea-Surface Acidification During The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal
Maximum. Additional Collaborators: Baerbel Hoenisch, Lamont
Doherty Earth Observatory; Richard E Zeebe, University of
Hawaii