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Contact: Lisa Young 251/861-7509 The research and educational faculty of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) were recently awarded the following grants: Dr. Richard B. Aronson, Senior Marine Scientist and Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama (USA), received a $10,000 grant from EPA Region 4 Water Quality Protection Program for Coral population structure and dynamics in the Fully Protected Zones of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Dr. John Dindo, Senior Marine Scientist and DISL Chair of K-12 Educational Programs, received two grants from NOAA National Sea Grant. He will receive, along with Dr. Sharon Walker of the University of South Mississippi, $78,877 for a Southeast Regional Biotechnology Education and Outreach Project, and $267,305 for Southeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Education and Outreach Network: Toward a Regional Invasive Species Education Plan. Dr. Dindo also received $49,678 from Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium for Enhanced Educational Efforts at Scott Aquarium and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. He is a co-principle investigator with $21,250 from the Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies (ACES) for Survey of Diamondback Terrapin Population in Alabama Estuaries. Dr. Ken Heck, Senior Marine Scientist DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences at USA, and Dr. Sean Powers, Senior Marine Scientist DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, USA, have received $89,683 for Quantifying fisheries benefits of oyster reef restoration in Mobile Bay from the US Department of Commerce. Drs. Heck and Powers and Dr. Just Cebrian, Senor Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, USA, also received $116,632 for Ecosystem services provided by oyster reefs: An experimental assessment, also from the US Department of Commerce. Dr. Ron Kiene, Senior Marine Scientist and Professor of Marine Sciences at USA, received $48,588 from the National Science Foundation for Bacterial Regulation of Organic Sulfur Cycling in the Ocean: A Genomic Approach. He also received $30,240 from ACES for Oxidative stress protection by dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in Spartina alterniflora. Dr. William Schroeder, Senior Marine Scientist and Coordinator of The University of Alabama's Marine Science Program, is a co-principle investigator on a grant of $13,500 and ship time from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration to conduct research on 'The Occurrence and Ecology of Deep-Water Corals and Associated Communities in the Gulf of Mexico.' In addition, Dr. Schroeder received $51,914 from US Department of Commerce Minerals Management Service to analysis data he collected during a research mission aboard the US Navy submarine NR1 investigating 'Deepwater Corals in the Gulf of Mexico.' Dr. John Valentine, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate Professor Marine Sciences, USA, and Marine Technician Meg Goecker received $5,000 from the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program the study the importance of native vs. exotic submerged aquatic vegetation on waterfowl populations. |
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