For past and other agency sponsored ECOHAB projects, visit the WHOI website.
ECOHAB Fiscal Year 2011 Projects
- Title: CIGUAHAB: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region: Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxigenesis
Investigators: Michael L. Parsons (lead), Donald M. Anderson, Deana L. Erdner, Ronald Kiene, Yuri B. Okolodkov, Mindy L. Richlen, Alison Robertson, Tyler Smith
Institutions: Florida Gulf Coast University (lead), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Texas at Austin, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Universidad
Veracruzana (Veracruz, México), U. S. Federal Drug Administration, University of the Virgin Islands
- Title: Brevetoxin Metabolism and Physiology - A Freshwater Model of Morbidity in Endangered Sea Turtles
Investigators: Sarah L. Milton (lead), Gregory Bossart, Deborah Fauquier, Catherine J. Walsh, Leanne Flewelling
Institutions: Florida Atlantic University (lead), Georgia Aquarium and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Title: A Regional Comparison of Upwelling and Coastal Land Use Patterns on the Development of HAB Hotspots Along the California Coast
Investigators: Raphael Kudela (lead), Clarissa Anderson, Dave Caron, Burt Jones, Gaurav Sukhatme, Chris Scholin, John Ryan, Jim Birch, Kanna Rajan, Heather Kerkering, G. Jason Smith, Yi Chao,
Meredith Howard, Greg Doucette
Institutions: University of California at Santa Cruz (lead), University of Southern California, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, California State University/Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, University of California at Los Angeles,
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, NOAA National Ocean Service/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Title: Species and Strain Differences in the Toxicity of Caribbean Gambierdiscus Species: Implications for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Caribbean
Investigators: R. Wayne Litaker, Patricia Tester, Damian Shea
Institutions: NOAA National Ocean Service/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (lead), North Carolina State University at Raleigh
ECOHAB Fiscal Year 2010 Projects
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Title: The Ecophysiology and Toxicity of Heterosigma akashiwo in Puget Sound: A Living Laboratory Ecosystem Approach
Investigators: Vera L. Trainer, William P. Cochlan, Charles G. Trick, Mark L. Wells, Chris O. Miles, Jack Rensel, Kevin Bright
Institutions: NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, San Francisco State University, The University of Western Ontario, University of Maine, Norwegian National Veterinary Institute, Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences, America Gold Seafood
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Title: Modeling favorable habitat areas for Alexandrium catenella in Puget Sound and evaluating the effects of climate change
Investigators:
J.E. Stein, S.K. Moore, D.M. Anderson, E.P. Salathé, Jr., N.J.
Mantua, N.S. Banas, C.L. Greengrove, B.D. Bill, V.L. Trainer
Institutions: NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Washington
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Title: Establishing the sources of phosphorus promoting toxic cyanobacteria blooms in the US Great Lakes using gene expression assays
Investigators:
Christopher J. Gobler, James W. Ammerman, Charles O'Neil
Institutions: Stony Brook University, New York Sea Grant Extension, Cornell Univ. Cooperative Extension
ECOHAB Fiscal Year 2009 Projects
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Title: Mechanism of harmful algal bloom initiation in the western Gulf of Mexico
Investigators: L.Campbell, R. Hetland, R. Stumpf; R. Olson; H. Sosik
Institutions: Texas A&M University (Lead), NOAA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Title: Deposition and resuspension of Alexandrium fundyense resting cysts in the Gulf of Maine:Phase II
Investigators: D. Anderson, D McGillicuddy, C. Pilskaln, R. Signell, B.Butman, A. Solow
Institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (lead), University of Massachusetts, United States Geological Survey
- Title: Linking biogeochemistry to harmful algal bloom nutritional physiology with gene expression analyses: a case study with Aureococcus anophagefferens
Investigators: S. Dyhrman, C. Gobler
Institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (lead); SUNY Stony Brook (subcontractor)
- Title: PNWTOX–The Columbia River plume and HABs in the Pacific Northwest: bioreactor, barrier, or conduit?
Investigators: B. Hickey, E. Lessard, P. MacCready, N. Banas, M. Foreman, R. Thomson, D.Masson; R. Kudela
Institutions: University of Washington; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Region, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., Canada; University of California, Santa Cruz.
Funding Partner: National Science Foundation
- Title: Causes and consequences of cell death in the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
Investigators: D. Erdner
Institutions: University of Texas Marine Science Institute
- Title: Bloom dynamics of Alexandrium: the roles of resource competition and allelopathy
Investigators: L. Karp-Boss, D. Townsend
Institutions: University of Maine
- Title: Effects of Chronic Domoic Acid Exposure on Gene Expression in the Vertebrate CNS
Investigators: K. Lefebvre, M. Myers, F. Farin, T. Bammler, R. Beyer
Institutions: NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, University of Washington
HAB Fiscal Year 2006 ECOHAB Projects
- Title: Spread of a Sodium Channel Mutation in Softshell Clam, Mya arenaria, Populations: Implications for Risk Assessment and Management of PSP Toxins.
Investigators: L. Connell, V.M. Bricelj, P. Rawson
Institution:University of Maine, National Research Council Canada
- Title: Engineering Upgrades and Field Trials of the Autonomous Microbial Genosensor
Investigators: J.H. Paul, D.P. Fries, M. Smith
Institution: University of South Florida
- Title: Identifying Regulatory Mechanisms for Heterosigma akashiwo Bloom Formation: Predation Interactions with Algal Behavior and Resource Use
Investigators: S. L. Strom and S. Menden-Deuer
Institution: Western Washington University
- Title: Intraspecific Variation in a Toxin-producing Dinoflagellate
Investigators: Dr. Lisa Campbell and Dr. John R. Gold
Institution: Texas A&M University
- Title: Relation Between Grazer Toxin Dynamics and Resistance to Toxic Dinoflagellates
Investigator: Hans G. Dam
Institution: University of Connecticut
- Title: GOMTOX: Dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense Distributions in the Gulf of Maine: An Observational and Modeling Study of Nearshore and Offshore Shellfish Toxicity, Vertical Toxin Flux, and Bloom Dynamics in a Complex Shelf Sea
Investigators: D.M. Anderson, D.J. McGillicuddy, Jr., R. He, B.A. Keafer, C.H.Pilskaln, J. Martin, J. Manning, V.M. Bricelj, J. Deeds, S. Etheridge, S. Hall, J.T. Turner, N.R. Pettigrew, A. Thomas, D.W. Townsend
Institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Insititution, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NOAA/Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Research Council Canada, Food and Drug Administration, University of Massachusetss, Univeristy of Maine, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- Title: ECOHAB: Karenia Nutrient Dynamics in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Investigators: C. A. Heil, D. Bronk, L.K. Dixon, G. Hitchcock, G. Kirkpatrick, M. Mulholland, J. O'Neil, J.J. Walsh, R. Weisberg
Institutions: Fish & Wildlife Research Institution,Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Mote Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, Old Dominion University Research Foundation, University of Maryland, University of South Florida
- Title: Understanding Shellfish Resistance Strategies as a Means to Predict and Manage PSP Toxicity
Investigators: T. Scheuer, W.A.Catterall, V. Trainer, V.M. Bricelj
Institution: University of Washington, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Research Council Canada
- Title: Investigating Chronic Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Microcystins in Freshwater Fish Using Toxicogenomics and Histopathology
Investigators: T.B. Henry, G.S. Sayler, S.W. Wilhelm, R. J. Strange
Institution: The University of Tennessee