Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program

Larry J. Buckley
Director

Web address
www.uri.edu/research/res_unit.html

Established in 1989, the mission of the URI/NOAA CMER Program is to foster enhanced interactions between all elements of NOAA and URI with emphasis on projects of mutual interest to the University and the Northeast Region of NOAA­National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The proximity of these institutions offers enhanced opportunities for: joint research involving faculty, students and NOAA personnel; training opportunities for both students and federal employees; and shared use of specialized facilities and equipment. The CMER Program combines university and agency expertise to address marine issues affecting the state, region, and nation.

Research Funding (1994-1996)
FY 1994 $535,000
FY 1995 $700,000
FY 1996 $744,000

Research Projects
Effect of Harvesting Gear Type and Level of Fishing on the Yield and the Spawning Stock Biomass Per Recruit for the Commercially Important, Demersal Species in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Joseph DeAlteris, Christopher Grogan, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary
Science, URI

Estimating Harbor Porpoise Abundance Using an Adoptive Sampling Scheme, James Heltshe, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, URI

Stomach Evacuation Rates in Fishes, Ann Durbin, Edward Durbin, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI; Michael Fogarty, NEFSC, Woods Hole Laboratory

Recruitment Strategies in Marine Decopods: A Comparative Approach, Stanley Cobb, Zoology Department, URI

Quality Evaluation of Scallops, Lori F. Pivarnik, Arthur G. Rand, and Stephen Letcher, Department of Food, Science and Nutrition, URI; Kurt Wilhelm, NEFSC, Gloucester Laboratory

Student Research Training Program, Howard E. Winn, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI; Timothy D. Smith, NEFSC, Woods Hole Laboratory

Maintenance of the Computer Database for the Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis, in Waters of the Western
North Atlantic, Robert D. Kenney and Howard E. Winn, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Support for the Oceanographic Remote Sensing Laboratory: Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in Marine Research, Peter Cornillon, James Bisagni, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI; Reed Armstrong, NEFSC, Narragansett Laboratory

Engineering Design of a Programmable, Temperature Monitoring Tag for Smolt Atlantic Salmon, Conrad Recksiek, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science, URI; Godi Fischer, James Daly, Department of Electrical Engineering, URI

Preferences and Values of Non-Commercial Fishermen for Harvest Regulations and Size of Bluefin Tuna, Stephen K. Swallow, Lynn Smith, John Gates, Dept. of Resource Economics, URI; Steven F. Edwards, NOAA/NMFS, Woods Hole, MA

Age Structure of Squid Captured by Inshore and Offshore Fisheries, William K Macy, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Ecological Effects of Dredging on the Benthic Megafauna of Northern Georges Bank, Jeremy Collie, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Characterization of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Gillnet Fisheries, Joseph DeAlteris, Najih Lazar, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, URI

Development of DODS Compliant Client and Server Libraries to Support Internet Access to NODC Oceanographic Data Sets, Peter Cornillon, George Milkowski, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

U.S. GLOBEC Program-NW Atlantic/Georges Bank Zooplankton Counting Technical Group: Work Plan and Budget, Edward Durbin, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Maturity in Female Summer Flounder and Atlantic Cod, Jennifer Specker, Oceanography and Biological Sciences, URI

Distribution and Abundance of Hydroids, Barbara Sullivan, Grace Klein MacPhee, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Ecological Investigation of Sachuest Point Salt Marsh, Charles Roman, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI

Acoustic Tracking of Harbor Porpoises, James Miller, Department of Ocean Engineering, URI

Economic Analysis of North East Fishing Vessels, John M. Gates, Department of Resource Economics, URI; A. Kitts, National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett

Marine Ecosystems: Visualization of Patterns and Trends, Peter V. August, Charles LaBash, Matthew Nicholson, Diana Sinton, Department of Natural Resources Science, URI

Program Staff, Research Activities
Program staff research was supported in 1994-1996 through several grants with University and NMFS co-investigators:

Estimation of Recent Growth and Physiological Condition of Marine Fish Larvae and Zooplankton Using Nucleic Acid Hybridization Probes, (National Science Foundation) Edward Durbin, Ann Durbin, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI; Larry Buckley, URI/NOAA CMER Program

Development of a Commercially Viable Aquaculture Industry in New England Based on Cod and Haddock, (Sea Grant Program) Larry Buckley, URI/NOAA CMER Program, Terry Bradley, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, URI; Hunt Howell, Department of Zoology and Center for Marine Biology, UNH; Linda Kling, Department of Animal, Veterinary and Aquatic Sciences, UMaine

Growth and Condition of Cod and Haddock Larvae on Georges Bank, (NOAA/NSF GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic Georges Bank Program) Larry Buckley, URI/NOAA CMER Program; Elaine Calderone, NMFS, NEFSC, Narragansett Laboratory; Greg Lough, NMFS, NEFSC, Woods Hole Laboratory

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