Principal Investigator: Bradley Penta
We will develop an Adaptive Ecosystem Climatology (AEC) to provide a flexible, on-line tool for ecoforecasting applications; it will meld observations collected by amateur observers (crowdsourcing), Earth Observation (EO) satellites, archived in-situ data, and output from a state-of-… Read More Principal Investigator: Robert Jones
Palau, a small island state in the Pacific Ocean, relies heavily on seafood for the food security of the citizens. Aquaculture is emerging in Palau as a strategy to supplement seafood production from wild resources, but farming practices can threaten the fragile marine ecosystems… Read More
Principal Investigator: Gordon Luikart
Aquatic invasive species (AIS) presence in freshwater ecosystems has increased over the past several years as a result of climate change and anthropogenic landscape change. The spread of AIS is harmful to the health of native aquatic species, and therefore threatens the health of… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Payne
Yellowstone Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022)
Team: Kyle Steen (Project Lead), Vanessa Bailey, Gabriella Boodhoo, Barry McLaughlin
Summary: The removal and reintroduction of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Payne
Yellowstone Ecological Forecasting II (Fall 2022)
Team: Vanessa Bailey (Project Lead), Ryan Brinton, Samantha Snowden, Aliza White
Summary: Aspen stands in Yellowstone National Park have been indirectly affected by the… Read More
Principal Investigator: Britnay Beaudry
FLORIDA DISASTERS (Summer 2022)
Team: Liam Megraw, Stefanie Dimayuga Mendoza, Samantha Kelly, Jesse Carlson
Summary: Intensifying weather events, sea level rise, and extensive coastal development in Southwestern Florida… Read More
Principal Investigator: Brianne Kendall
Mesoamerica Ecological Forecasting (Fall 2022)
Team: Hanna Jung (Deliverables Lead), Ross Kalter (Technical Lead), Ameilia Untiedt, Cristina Villalobos-Heredia
Summary: In 1992, Central America and Mexico drew up an… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Payne
Coronado Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Carson Schuetze (Project Lead), Tyler Guigneaux, Charles Robinette, Josie Bourne
Summary: Species monitoring is essential for mitigating the impacts of plant invasion… Read More
Principal Investigator: Philip Townsend
In wildlife management, perception is everything. Natural resource agencies are tasked with managing wildlife for a diverse group of constituents with interests ranging from hunting to conservation. As such, wildlife management is often burdened by disconnects between the public s… Read More Principal Investigator: Andrew Hansen
Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru are the most biodiverse countries in the world, and they are part of the Amazon Basin, a major conservation site. The project team is focusing on the specific needs of each country to develop a system that can forecast and respond to climate related… Read More
Principal Investigator: Eric Sanderson
Identifying key biodiversity areas is crucial to understanding how endangered species populations react to changes in climate and urbanization. The project focuses on the fluctuations in occupied and available tiger (Panthera tigris) habitat in relation to key biodiversity… Read More
Principal Investigator: Joaquim Goes
Over the past 15 years the Arabian Sea ecosystem has witnessed a radical shift in the composition of winter phytoplankton blooms due to the warming of the Eurasian continent and the spread of hypoxia. Recurrent and trophically important, winter diatom blooms until 1990s, have since… Read More Principal Investigator: Brauman Kate
Integrating ecosystem services (ES), the benefits provided by nature to people, into decision-making is becoming widespread. ES language and frameworks are widely used in decision settings including watershed management, infrastructure development, investment, planning, and disaster-… Read More Principal Investigator: Rebecca Lewison
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Balancing sustainable ecological and economic objectives is a continuing challenge for fisheries managers. Many US fisheries harvest healthy target stocks, however, bycatch of non-target species is common, and can result in large-scale fishery closures.… Read More Principal Investigator: Megan Donahue
The goal of the proposed research is to develop better models of coral disease outbreak risk across the western tropical Pacific Ocean and embed these improved forecasts into the NOAA Coral Reef Watch decision support system (DSS). The current DSS was developed based on ~50 km SST… Read More Principal Investigator: Chuanmin Hu
Floating mats of pelagic Sargassum macroalgae serve as an ecologically important habitat for many marine animals and therefore are regarded by the Sargasso Sea Commission as “the golden floating rainforest of the Atlantic Ocean.” On the other hand, excessive Sargassum beaching has… Read More Principal Investigator: Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Grand Valley Ecological Forecasting II (Summer 2022)
Team: Bill Curtiss (Project Lead), Aliza White, Sam Majumder, Rhea Martinez
Summary: Disturbances and landcover change in pinyon-juniper and sagebrush ecosystems are… Read More
Principal Investigator: Danielle Wood
Gold mining is a central component of Ghana’s economy. An increased amount of illegal artisanal mining in recent years has led to accelerated deforestation, destruction of protected areas, and human health issues due to Mercury used during the mining process. This project… Read More
Principal Investigator: Danielle Wood
Local companies and scientists in Benin are increasing their use of earth science information to manage forests and water resources. The invasive water hyacinth plant grows aggressively in Benin and many countries in Africa, harming local activities in fishing, transportation and… Read More
Principal Investigator: Gregory Okin
This is a four-year Applications Project in response to the ROSES 2016 Ecological Monitoring RFP. Specifically, this proposal addresses topic: Remote Sensing as a Catalyst for Large-scale Conservation. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the United States Geological… Read More
