U.S. National Science Foundation - Coral Reef Awards

[Taylor, Phillip R]

The National Science Foundation is presently supporting research and
education projects involving coral reef and related ecosystems.  Currently
active are projects (as of 11/2000) totaling approximately $25 million that
have been initiated since the start of the International Coral Reef
Initiative.  Approximately $18 million of research and education support has
been committed since the initiation of the Coral Reef Task Force activities.
A list of the active awards is included below, alphabetized by Principle
Investigator.  This list is expected to grow soon with new awards initiating
in FY 2001.
The list of awards shows a diversity of projects from large, multi-million
dollar inter-disciplinary research programs (e.g., as part of NSF's
Biocomplexity intitiative and the Long-Term Ecological Research Program), to
individual investigator awards.  It includes Small Grants for Exploratory
Research (SGERs) as part of NSF's extra efforts to fund risky and
time-sensitive projects in an efficient manner.  The list includes awards to
improve our national capabilities in taxnomic understanding important to
coral reef systems via PEET - Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in
Taxonomy.  The list includes awards to major research institutions,
primarily undergraduate institutions, and historically minority
institutions.  It includes awards to young scientists in the CAREER (Faculty
Early Career Development) program and a Presidential Early Career Award for
Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), as well as awards to EPSCOR states in the
Experimental  Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.  The list includes
awards from NSF's International Programs; these and many of the other
projects involve active international collaboration.  
Finally the science themes span biological, chemical, physical and
geological processes:  from understanding the nature of coral symbioses and
factors responsible for coral bleaching,  to the use of coral in
understanding global temperature patterns historically; from understanding
the dynamics of important marine resources housed in reefs and their
associated ecosystems, to issues relevant to the preservation and
conservation of coral reef systems worldwide.
	The NSF webpage (www.nsf.gov) can be used to get information on any
of these awards.  The list below shows the Principle Investigator of each
award only, not collaborating co-investigators.  Apologies if relevant
awards have been inadvertently missed


David Ackerly, Stanford University
US-Venezuela Dissertation: Eco-Physiology and Demography of Mangroves as
They Relate to Light and Salinity

Richard Aronson, Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory	
SGER-Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Local Extinction of Acropora
Cervicornis, the Primary Framework Builder of Lagoonal Reefs in Belize

Richard Aronson, Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory
Disturbance and the Reorganization of Caribbean Reef Communities: Unique
Event or Repeated Pattern?

J. Warren Beck, University of Arizona
Combined 230Th and 231Pa Dating: Establishing the Absolute Timing of late
Quaternary Climate Changes and Calibrating the 14 C Timescale. Collaborative
Research.

Ann Budd, University of Iowa
Evolution of a Species Complex During Faunal Turnover: Morphometric Analyses
of the Montastraea Annularis Reef Coral Complex

Mark Butler, Old Dominion University
Marine Reserves and Spiny Lobster: Effects on Male Size and Reproductive
Success

Stephen Cairns, Smithsonian Institution
PEET - Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy: Collaborative
Research: Monographic Studies of the Hydractinioidea

Roy Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Enhancement: Environmental Factors Influencing Recovery of
Coral Reefs Damaged by Destructive Fishing Practices in Indonesia

Mark A. Cane, Columbia University
Shallow Circulation in the Tropical Pacific: A Geochemical and Modeling
Study. Collaborative Research.

Mark Carr, University of California, Santa Cruz
Local Population Dynamics of Temperate and Tropical Reef Fishes at Multiple
Scales.  Collaborative Research.

Peter Chesson, University of California, Davis
Theory for the Dynamics of Coral Reef Fishes with Applications to Hypothesis
Testing

Daniel Childers, Florida International University
LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research: COERCE-Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystems
Research, the Everglades. Regional Controls of Population and Ecosystem
Dynamics in an Oligotrophic Wetland-dominated Coastal Landscape

Kenneth Clifton, Lewis and Clark College
The Role of Reproduction in the Ecology and Life History of Tropical Green
Algae

Mary Alice Coffroth, State University of New York, Buffalo
Ontogeny and Dynamics of Cnidarian-Algal Symbioses

Julia Cole, University of Arizona
CAREER - Faculty Early Career Development Award: Decadal Variability in the
Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans - An Interdisciplinary Pathway for Global
Change Education and Research

Joseph Connell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Population and Community Dynamics of Corals: A Long-Term Study

Howard Cornell, University of Delaware
U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Regional and Local Influences on
Species Richness in Coral Communities Across a Pacific Diversity Gradient

Clifford Cunningham, Duke University
PEET - Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy: Collaborative
Research: Monographic Studies of the Hydractinioidea

Robert DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History
BIOCOMPLEXITY--Incubation Activity: Development of an Integrated Research
Plan for Analyzing the Viability of a Marine Reserve Network

Richard Dodge, Nova Southeastern University
Inter-Annual to Century-Scale Climate Records from the Atlantic: Coral Based
Reconstructions. Collaborative Research.

R. Lawrence Edwards, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Paleoseismology and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone.
Collaborative Research.

R. Lawrence Edwards, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Combined 230Th and 231Pa Dating: Establishing the Absolute Timing of late
Quaternary Climate Changes and Calibrating the 14 C Timescale. Collaborative
Research.

David Eggleston, North Carolina State University
Impact of Larval Transport and Benthic Habitat Quality upon Recruitment
Dynamics: Poor Nursery Habitat Decouples Larval Supply from Reproductive
Output of Caribbean Spiny Lobster.  Collaborative Research.

Richard Fairbanks, Columbia University
Deglacial Temperature Record from the Central Tropical Pacific

Daphne Fautin, University of Kansas
NOPP - National Ocean Partnership Program:  Biogeoinformatics of
Hexacorallia (Corals, Sea Anemones, and Their Allies): Interfacing
Geospatial, Taxonomic, and Environmental Data for a Group of Marine
Invertebrates

Daphne Fautin, University of Kansas 
PEET - Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy: Inventory,
Systematics, and Phylogeny of Sea Anemones: Training of Modern Systematists
and Taxonomists

Daphne Fautin, University of Kansas
PEET - Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy: Sea Anemone
Systematics: Consolidation and Synthesis of Information

Ilka Feller, Smithsonian Institution
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

William Fitt, University of Georgia
Physiological and Molecular Dissection of the Differential Sensitivity of
Coral Symbionts to Thermally-Induced Bleaching: Mechanisms of Photodamage
and Photoprotection

Graham Forrester, University of California, Los Angeles and University of
Rhode Island
Local Population Dynamics of Temperate and Tropical Reef Fishes at Multiple
Scales.  Collaborative Research.

Marc Frischer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California
Survey of Marine Prokaryotes

Michael Gaines, University of Miami
Research Experiences in Ecology for Urban Students and Their Teachers

Stephen Getty, Colorado College
U-Pb Geochronology in Marine Carbonates: A New Approach for Age Dating in
Paleoclimate Reconstruction

Ronald Gibbs, University of Delaware
U.S.-Belize Cooperative Research: Muds and Pollution in Belize Rivers

Peter Glynn, University of Miami
El Nino-Southern Oscillation 1982-83 and 1997-98 Impacted Coral Reefs in the
Equatorial Eastern Pacific Region: Effects, Recovery and Inter-ENSO
Comparison

Peter Glynn, University of Miami
El Nino Impacted Coral Reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Secondary
Disturbances, Recovery  and Effects on Community Diversity and Reef Growth

Michael Hadfield, University of Hawaii
Can Larvae Utilize Dissolved Settlement Cues in the Wave-Driven Flow on
Coral Reefs? Collaborative Research.

Catherine Harvell, Cornell University
Disease Resistance in Sea Fan Corals and the Host Range of the Fungal
Pathogen

N. Hemming, Columbia University
Light Intensity, Nutrient, and pCO2 Controls on Boron Isotope Fractionation
in Laboratory Cultured Corals

Mark Hixon, Oregon State University
SGER-Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Between-Reef Movements of
Predators and Density-Dependent Mortality in Reef Fish

Mark Hixon, Oregon State University
Local Population Dynamics of Temperate and Tropical Reef Fishes at Multiple
Scales.  Collaborative Research.

Vance Holliday, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Climate and Sea Level Control of Holocene
Environments in South Florida

Elizabeth Irlandi, Florida Institute of Oceanography
REU - Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Science and Management of
Coastal Resources

Myrna Jacobson, University of Southern California
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contradictory Trends in the History of Cenzoic Corals and Coral Reefs:
Oceanographic Change and Biotic Response

Claudia Johnson, Indiana University, Bloomington
POWRE - Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education:
Comparative role of scleractinian corals and ancient rudist bivalves in
Cretaceous reefs:
Implication for changes in reef composition in a future greenhouse world

Samantha Joye, University of Georgia 
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

William Kirby-Smith, Duke University
Dissertation Enhancement: The Roles of Heterotrophic Nitrogen and
Autotrophic Carbon in Amino Acid Synthesis by Reef Corals

Nancy Knowlton, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Molecular Analysis of Morphologically Defined Taxa in the Montastraea
Annularis Complex

Nancy Knowlton, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Spawning and Fertilization in the Caribbean Coral Montastraea Annularis
Sensu Lato.  Collaborative Research.

Mimi Koehl, University of California, Berkeley
Can Larvae Utilize Dissolved Settlement Cues in the Wave-Driven Flow on
Coral Reefs?  Collaborative Research.

James Leichter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nearshore Benthic-Pelagic Coupling: Coral Growth Responses to Internal Tidal
Forcing on Florida Keys Coral Reefs

Dan Levitan, Florida State University
Spawning and Fertilization in the Caribbean Coral Montastraea  Annularis
Sensu Lato.  Collaborative Research.

Niels Lindquist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Anti-Predator Defenses of Marine Hydroids: Alternative Strategies,
Biogeographic Patterns, and Ecological Implications. Collaborative Research.

Rom Lipcius, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Impact of Larval Transport and Benthic Habitat Quality upon Recruitment
Dynamics: Poor Nursery Habitat Decouples Larval Supply from Reproductive
Output of Caribbean Spiny Lobster.  Collaborative Research.

George Losey, University of Hawaii
Ultraviolet Radiation on Tropical Reefs: Effects on Fish Vision

John Marr, Caribbean Marine Research Center
Field Stations and Marine Laboratories - Analytical Laboratory at the
Caribbean Marine Research Center Facility at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas

Karen McKee, National Biological Survey 
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

Richard Miller, Temple University.   
Evolution of Physical and Chemical Attributes of Gametes in Free Spawning
Marine Invertebrates: A Functional and Phylogenetic Approach.  Collaborative
Research.

Laura Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SGER-Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Exploring Late-Holocene Hurricane
Activity as Recorded in Salt Ponds and Lagoons of the Caribbean Region

Morin, James, Cornell University  
REU - Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Marine Biology at the
Shoals Marine Laboratory

Daniel E. Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara
Biochemical Control of Larval Settlement and Recruitment of the Major
Reef-Building Coral, Acropora Palmata

Valerie Paul, University of Guam
Chemical Studies of Natural Inducers of Larval Settlement and Metamorphosis
for Two Species of Phestilla (Opisthobranchia)

Joseph Pawlik, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Assessing the Chemical Defenses of Caribbean Sponges

Nicholas Pingitore, University of Texas, El Paso
Incorporation of Minor and Trace Elements in Coral Skeletal Aragonite: An
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Microstructural Study

Richard Podolsky, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Evolution of Physical and Chemical Attributes of Gametes in Free Spawning
Marine Invertebrates: A Functional and Phylogenetic Approach.  Collaborative
Research.

Terrence Quinn, University of South Florida
An International Workshop on Submerged Coral Drilling; St. Petersburg Beach,
Florida;  September 2000

Paul Scheuer, University of Hawaii 
Chemical Marine Ecology

Gavin Schmidt, Columbia University
Modeling the Climate of the Last Glacial Maximum and During Subsequent
Meltwater Pulses Including Oxygen-18 Tracers; Implications for Interpreting
Carbonate Proxy Data

Russ Schmitt, University of California, Santa Barbara
On the Abundance, Dynamics and Regulation of Damselfish Populations

Russ Schmitt, University of California, Santa Barbara
Abundance, Dynamics and Coexistence of Interacting Damselfishes: Quantifying
the
Contributions of Causal Processes Across Spatial Scales

Daniel Schrag,  Harvard University
CAREER - Faculty Early Career Development Award: Geochemical Approaches to
Oceanography and Climatology: A Plan for Research and Education

Daniel P. Schrag, Harvard University
Shallow Circulation in the Tropical Pacific: A Geochemical and Modeling
Study. Collaborative Research.

Kenneth Sebens, University of Maryland
Nutrition of Reef Corals: Effects of Morphology, Resource Availability, and
Water Flow

Carol Shearer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

Kerry Sieh, California Institute of Technology
Paleoseismology and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone.
Collaborative Research.

Wayne P. Sousa, U of Cal Berkeley
Mangrove Forest Regeneration: Testing for an Interaction Between Herbivory
and Competition Along an Environmental Gradient

Su Sponaugle, University of Miami
Scope and Consequences of Variability in the Early Life History Traits of a
Caribbean Coral Reef  Fish

John Stachowicz, University of California, Davis
Anti-Predator Defenses of Marine Hydroids: Alternative Strategies,
Biogeographic Patterns, and Ecological Implications. Collaborative Research.

Peter Swart, University of Miami 
Inter-Annual to Century-Scale Climate Records from the Atlantic: Coral Based
Reconstructions. Collaborative Research.

Frederick Taylor, University of Texas Austin
Combined 230Th and 231Pa Dating: Establishing the Absolute Timing of late
Quaternary Climate Changes and Calibrating the 14 C Timescale. Collaborative
Research.

Florence Thomas, Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory and the University of
South Florida.
PECASE: Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers:
Effects of Morphology and Water Velocity on Mass Transfer: A Partnership in
Research and Education

Simon Thorrold, Old Dominion
Inter-Annual to Century-Scale Climate Records from the Atlantic: Coral Based
Reconstructions. Collaborative Research.

Robert Ulanowicz, University of Maryland
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Microbial and Nutrient Controls in Mangrove Ecosystems.
Collaborative Research.

Steven Ward, University of California, Santa Cruz
Crustal Deformation at the Sumatran Subduction Zone - Joint Research

Virginia Weis, Oregon State University
Examination of the Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the
Establishment of Cnidarian-Algal Symbioses

Mark Westneat, Field Museum of Natural History
Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Function in Labrid Fishes

Dawn Wright, Oregon State University
POWRE - Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education: New
Collaborative Research with the Sustainable Seas Expeditions at Fagatele Bay
National Marine Sanctuary (Am. Samoa)

Robert Young, Western Carolina University 
SGER-Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Examining the Impact of Land-Use
on Offshore Sediment Transport and Reef Degradation during a Category Five
Hurricane on a Mountainous Caribbean Island: Roatan, Honduras




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Phillip R. Taylor, Director
Biological Oceanography Program
Division of Ocean Sciences
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 725
Arlington,  Virginia,  USA  22230
703-292-8582,    fax: 703-292-9085  --  new phone and fax
prtaylor at nsf.gov



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