Project Grant N000142312497

This $145,931 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund collaborative research at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois to understand collective behavior in highly intelligent animals, specifically bottlenose dolphins. The research aims to uncover how acoustic communication mediates the physical and physiological responses of dolphins within their fluid social groups. Key research activities include:...

This federal Project Grant award for $138,016, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, is supporting collaborative research towards understanding collective behavior in highly intelligent animals, specifically bottlenose dolphins. The key objectives are to: Use physics-based modeling of acoustic perception to generate new knowledge about how coordinated dolphin behavior is influenced by environmental and behavioral...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program provides $643,665 to the National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc. to conduct collaborative research on oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The 4-year project, beginning December 1, 2023, will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery during dive simulations with California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins. It will also elucidate the biochemical mechanisms regulating red blood cell oxygen...

This $418,546 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program supports collaborative research to investigate oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The research team from San Diego State University will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery in California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins, elucidate the biochemical regulation of oxygen off-loading in these species, and examine oxygen storage and diffusion in their skeletal muscle. This...

This two-year, $465,684 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs will support research exploring the role of bubble-net feeding cultural innovations in humpback whale populations in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The University of California Santa Cruz will leverage long-term data from the LTER study on the western Antarctic Peninsula, including from animal-borne tags, behavioral observations, biopsies, photo-identification, and drone footage. Researchers will model...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $170,879 to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to study the link between oceanographic conditions and the presence of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) near the South Shetland Islands from 2014 to 2016. The project will utilize previously collected passive acoustic monitoring data and satellite imagery to identify relevant oceanographic variables, such as sea ice...

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a $139,659 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472). This 2-year project aims to increase understanding of false killer whale foraging behavior in relation to prey and fishing activity, in order to inform strategies to reduce depredation and bycatch. The key objectives are to test...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $591,164 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) for the project "RESOURCE DRIVERS OF THE BEHAVIOR OF TEUTHIVOROUS WHALES". The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: (1) experimental design, coordination, and safe execution of field efforts to deploy...

The University of California Santa Cruz received a two-year, $203,531 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research to support a multi-purpose research platform for ecological and applied research on cetaceans in California. The platform will conduct basic and applied scientific research on whales and dolphins under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which aims to improve naval operations through externally-performed research with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $415,682 to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation to conduct research on the effects of ocean warming on a coastal fish species. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify genetic variation in temperature response, 2) determine if local adaptation to temperature exists, and 3) assess whether evolutionary changes can occur quickly enough to impact population...