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Recent Faculty
Activity from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Sept 26, 2007
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Dr. Ruth Carmichael, Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Assistant Professor of Marine Science,
University of South Alabama (USA), received $143,152 from
USA/Alabama Oyster Reef Fisheries Habitat Program for “The effects
of nutrient enrichment on oyster ecology in Mobile Bay.”
She also received $28,271 from Alabama Division of Wildlife and
Freshwater Fisheries for “A pilot study of the extralimital West
Indian manatee population in Mobile Bay.”
Dr. Carmichael and Dr. George F. Crozier, Executive Director of the
DISL, received $70,448 from NOAA/ National Coastal Data Distribution
Center for “Development and integration of metadata and research
data retention at Dauphin Island Sea Lab.”
Dr. Carmichael received $100,000 from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea
Grant Consortium for “Use of stable isotope ratios to link
wastewater sources to effects on shellfish and human health:
Defining relevant and effective spatial and temporal scales for
management.”
Dr. Just Cebrian, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant
Professor of Marine Sciences, USA, received a grant from Southern
Company and Environmental Partners to restore .25 acres of Little
Lagoon in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge through submerged
aquatic vegetation
plantings. Project partners also include: Mobile Bay National
Estuary Program; Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources; and Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
Dr. Ron Kiene, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of Marine
Science, USA, received a grant for $356,427 from National Science
Foundation (NSF), Environmental Genomics for “A functional genomics
approach to organic sulfur cycling in the ocean.”
Dr. Kyeong Park, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate
Professor of Marine Science, USA, received $86,593 from NSF Chemical
Oceanography for “Collaborative research: Tracer distributions,
chemical fluxes, and distributary comparisons in the mixing zone of
the Mississippi River.”
Dr. John Valentine, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate
Professor of Marine Science, USA, is the PI for a $64,392 two-year
grant from NOAA/National Undersea Research Center for “Marine
Reserve Effectiveness in Restoring Coastal Food Webs: A Multitrophic
Assessment Using Special Protection Areas in the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary.”
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