ECOHAB Projects
For past and other agency sponsored ECOHAB projects, visit the WHOI website.
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
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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
