Soundings -- the Newsletter of ACS Monterey Bay
Special 20th Anniversary Issue   Summer 2000

  

ACSMB RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 1983-2000

Compiled by Alan Baldridge

       Awards usually $500
*** Robert D. Bethel Awards $600

Year, Name, Affiliation, Abbreviated Titles:
  UCSC University of CA at Santa Cruz
  MLML Moss Landing Marine Labs
  GMONT Grossmont College
  UCD University of CA at Davis
Dolphin drawing by Robert J. Western

1983  Susan Shane, UCSC    Pilot whale social organization and behavior.
  Dane Mason, MLML    Schooling behavior of the Common dolphin.
1984  Elizabeth Ann Matthews, UCSC    Sex determination in migrating Gray whales, from tissue samples.
  Greg Silber, MLML    Vocalization and associated behavior in Hawaiian Humpbacks.
1985  BernieTershy, MLML    Association among Fin and Brydes whales, Gulf of California, Mexico.
  Ken Nicholson, MLML    Feeding and migratory behavior in California Sea lions in Monterey Bay.
  Ted W. Cranford, UCSC    Geometry of sound generation mechanisms in Delphinid cetaceans.
1986  Susan Kruse, UCSC    Risso's dolphins in Monterey Bay.
1987  Susan Kruse, UCSC    Risso's dolphins in Monterey Bay.
  Bernie Tershy, MLML    Feeding ecology and social behavior of Rorqual whales in the Sea of Cortez.
  Tom Jefferson, MLML    Dall's porpoise behavior in the Johnstone Strait, British Columbia.
1988  Nancy Black, MLML    Pacific White-sided dolphins in Monterey Bay.
  Mari Smultea, MLML    Humpback whale cow/calf pods in Maui.
  Jim Sumich and W.C. Graham, GMONT    Gray whale migration in the Southern California Bight.
1990  Dawn Goley, UCSC    Behavior of Pacific White-sided dolphins in Monterey Bay.
  Salvatore Cerchio, MLML    Song variation within a breeding population of Humpbacks.
  Craig Hawkinson, MLML    Summer feeding of Gray whales in Northern California.
1991  Eric Dorfman, MLML    Radio-tagging Harbor porpoises in Monterey Bay.
  Tom Norris, MLML    Song of the Humpback whale: repetition in a noisy environment. ***
1992  Steve Trumble, MLML    Food Habits, seasonal abundance and mother/pup relations of Harbor seals near Monterey Bay.
  Tom Norris, MLML    Song of the Humpback whale: repetition in a noisy environment. ***
1993  Daniela Maldini, MLML    Photo-identification of Bottlenose dolphins in Monterey Bay. ***
1994  Corinne Bacon, UCSC    Sea otters and pollutants. ***
  Libby Osnes-Erie, MLML    Food habits of two forms of Common dolphin.
  Lisa Caron, MLML    Genetic variation within California sea otters.
  Tony Orr, MLML    California sea lion diving and feeding behavior in Baja California.
1995  Barb Odum, MLML    Harbor Porpoise distribution in relation to prey in Monterey Bay. ***
  David Levenson, UCSC    Visual sensitivity in three pinniped species.
  Michelle Lander, MLML    Harbor seal pup survival: wild compared with rehabilitated.
1996  Jennifer Jolly, UCSC    Diet switching/profitability in Elkhorn Slough Sea otters. ***
  Barb Odum, MLML    Harbor porpoise distribution in relation to prey density in Monterey Bay.
1997  Brandon Southall, UCSC    Auditory masking in the Northern elephant seal.
  Darian Houser, UCSC    Kidney function in Northern elephant seals and Bottlenose dolphins.
  Teri Nicholson, MLML    Harbor seal underwater social structure and behavior at Hopkins Marine Station. ***
1998  Jason Gedamke, UCSC    Breeding ground accoustic behavior of Minke whales, Lizard Island, Australia.
  Shawn Noren, UCSC    Thermoregulation in Pacific white-sided dolphins. ***
1999  Mark Clementz, UCSC    Evolutionary studies of Cetacea and Sirenia using isotopic analysis.
  Caryn Weiss, UCSC    Differential calf survivorship in Bottlenose dolphins.
  Jason Gedamke, UCSC    Minke whale breeding ground behavior on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ***
2000  Kara Buckstaff, UCSC    Impacts of Watercraft Disturbance on Vocal Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins.
  Anurag Kumar, MLML    Territoriality in Male Harbor Seals.
  Shawn Ranee Noren, UCSC    Diving in Bottlenose Dolphins.
  Krista Hanni, UCD    Determinants of Survival in Juvenile Southern Sea Otters. ***
   

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