Web Address
www.uri.edu/research/res_unit.html
The URI/NOAA CMER Program was established in 1989 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 NOAA--National 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.
Funding Agency
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Marine Research
Maturity in female summer flounder and cod, J. Specker, 9/97-8/99, $30,762
Habitat enhancement for lobsters in Narragansett Bay, S. Cobb, 1/97-12/98, $98,002
US GLOBEC: Abundance and distribution of zooplankton on Georges Bank, E. Durbin,
5/97-11/98, $450,000
Maintenance of the computer database for the right whale, Eubalaena glacialis,
in waters of the western North Atlantic, R. Kenny, 9/97-9/99, $122,564
Engineering design of a programmable, temperature monitoring tag for smolt Atlantic
salmon, C. Recksiek, G. Fischer, and J. Daly, 9/97-2/99, $34,895
Analysis of recirculating systems for shellfish, J. Anderson, 9/97-9/99, $24,506
Assessment of the Atlantic bluefin tuna market, J. Anderson, 9/97-9/99, $47,997
A cooperative proposal for surveying and monitoring the economic status of northeast
fishing vessels, J. Gates and A. Kitts, 9/97-8/99, $74,806
Length-based models of Narragansett Bay winter flounder, J. Collie, C. Meise,
C. Powell, 9/97-8/98, $40,853 A proposal to study patterns in circulation within
Narragansett Bay, C. Kincaid, 9/97-8/98, $10,000
A proposal to study contaminants in the sediments of Narragansett Bay, J. King
and J. Quinn, 9/97-8/98, $84,750
Time-series monitoring of Narragansett Bay using instrumented buoys, D. Kester
and C. Zoski, 9/97-8/98, $104,777
A cooperative program to assess the environmental conditions and plankton of
the Narragansett Bay-Block Island Sound system, E. Durbin, C. Oviatt, and M.
Berman, 9/97-8/99, $87,725
US GLOBEC: Spatial and temporal variability in the occurrence, distribution
and structure of sea surface temperature fronts in the Georges Bank region,
P. Cornillon and J. Bisagni, 3/98-2/99, $98,000
Acoustic tracking system for harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in the
vicinity of gillnets, J. Miller, 9/97-4/99, $51,266
Support for the Oceanographic Remote Sensing Laboratory, P. Cornillon and G.
Wood, 9/97-8/98, $23,301
Feeding and metabolic studies of juvenile cod and haddock, D. Bengtson, M. Peck,
and C. Oviatt, 9/97-8/98, $30,702
Recovery of essential fish habitat on Georges Bank following cessation of bottom
fishing, J. Collie, 9/97-12/98, $24,403
CMER Program Staff Research Activities
Program staff research was supported in 1996-1998 with several grants with University
and NMFS co-investigators:
Establishing mortality risks associated with starvation for Atlantic cod larvae
using molecular markers and Cox regression models, T. Ong and L. Buckley, 1/98-12/00,
NSF, $240,000
US GLOBEC Phase II: Dispersive and advective influences on the survival of cod
and haddock on Georges Bank, R. Lough, J. Manning, E. Caldarone, et al., 9/96-8/99,
NOAA/Coastal Ocean Program, $254,157
Development of a Commercially Viable Aquaculture Industry in New England based
on cod and haddock, L. Buckley and T. Bradley, 6/95-5/98, NOAA/RI Sea Grant,
$170,000