2004 PADI FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS
Req. |
Recipient Name |
Project Funded |
Amount |
Grant |
2 |
Saipan International School Saipan |
A Saipan International School's Exploration of Coral Reefs | $12,900 |
$3,000 |
7 |
Michael Cheek Miami, Florida |
Are Commercial Shrimp Ponds In Coastal Ecuador An Adequate Substitute For Natural Mangroves As Foraging Habitat for 5 Species of Wading Birds? | $4,995.10 |
$5,000 |
8 |
Joselito Francis A. Alcaria Mandaue City, Cebu PHILIPPINES |
Status and Trends of Coral Reef Resources in Selected Marine Protected Areas in Central Visayas, Philippines: Basis of Improved Coastal Resource Management | $2,000 |
$2,000 |
20 |
Gregorio Bigatti Behring, Capital Federal ARGENTINA |
Reproductive and Biological Aspects of the Zigzag Volutid Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) From Patagonia, Argentina | $7,360 |
$4,000 |
22 |
LäjeRotuma Laucala Beach Estate - Suva FIJI ISLANDS |
LäjeRotuma Initiative: Maka Bay Seagrass Watch at Rotuma Island | $5,000 |
$1,750 |
25 |
Priscilla Zamora-Trejos Ribera de Belén, Heredia COSTA RICA |
Mangroves as Indicators of Coastal Change in Costa Rica, Central America | $3,750 |
$3,750 |
32 |
Ariana Pitchon Palo Alto, California |
Comparative Mollusk Aquaculture Strategies on the Island of Chiloe, Chile | $2,330 |
$2,330 |
43 |
Aventino Kasangaki Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation Kabale UGANDA |
Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Stream Fish Assemblages of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Implications for Sustainable Use | $5,853 |
$3,823 |
45 |
Dr. Thomas Wernberg The University of Adelaide AUSTRALIA |
Identifying Regional Differences In The Relative Importance of Drift And Attached Macroalgae As A Resource For Fish And Urchins in Australasia | $10,720 |
$4,000 |
48 |
Brad Erisman La Jolla, California |
Reproductive Behavior of the Panama Graysby: Cephalopholis panamensis, and the Mutton Hamlet, Alphestes immaculatus, in the Gulf of California, B.C.S., Mexico | $6,322 |
$3,000 |
55 |
Belinda A. Longakit Cebu City PHILIPPINES |
Two-Month Training on Sponge Taxonomy at New Zealand (an Addendum to PADI Grant 209 [2003]; Taxonomy and Distribution of Shallow Water Marine, Phylum Porifera of Cebu, Philippines) | $7,850 |
$7,850 |
57 |
Angela S. Barker Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, Florida |
Movement Patterns and Feeding Ecology of the Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera Bonasus) Within the Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Florida, USA | $906.00 |
$906.00 |
59 |
Project Seahorse Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA |
Where Do All the Seahorses Go? Using Otolith Microchemistry to Track Dispersal | $7,545 |
$4,000 |
62 |
Ms. Hebe Mónica Dionisi Puerto Madryn, Chubut ARGENTINA |
Intrinsic Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments of Usuahia Bay, Patagonia, Argentina | $9,800 |
$5,500 |
79 |
Sarah Myhre Maple Falls, Washington |
The Manzanillo Reef Conservation Project | $5,850 |
$2,000 |
83 |
Michelle Graves Sausalito, California |
Temporal Variation in Fish Communities Off Santa Cruz Island, California | $5,635 |
$4,635 |
86 |
Maria Beger St. Lucia, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
Incorporating Rare Coral Reef Fishes into Conservation Planning in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea | $4,920 |
$2,770 |
96 |
The School for Field Studies Salem, Massachusetts |
A Baseline Assessment of Marine Resources Inside and Outside the Network of "No-Take" Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Around South Caicos, Turks, and Caicos Islands, British West Indies in Preparation for Increased Tourism | $7,935 |
$5,000 |
101 |
Algalita Marine Research Foundation Long Beach, California |
Absorption and Attachment Totals of Toxic Hydrophobic Chemicals in Oxidized Marine Plastic Debris: A Pilot Project | $8,250 |
$8,250 |
108 |
Karen E. Ulstrup, Ph.D. Candidate University of Technology, Sydney AUSTRALIA |
Functional and Genetic Complexities of Coral Bleaching at Multiple Scales | $6,500 |
$4,500 |
113 |
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium San Pedro, California |
High School Research Internships for Summer 2004 | $5,000 |
$5,000 |
125 |
Lindsay Sirota San Diego, California |
Variable Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Habitat Structure in San Diego Bay: Effects on Epifaunal Community Composition | $5,500 |
$3,000 |
131 |
Guy S. Marion St. Lucia, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
Isotopic Records of Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Since Pre-European Colonization | $8,275 |
$5,275 |
142 |
Graham A. Ferrier Northridge, California |
Variations in Algal Morphology and Diversity Across Flow Microhabitats | $2,944.94 |
$2,945 |
147 |
Lynette Malecki Gainesville, Florida |
The Effect of Alum on Phosphorus Sequestration, Macrophytes, Mineralogy, and Microbial Activity in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Wetland | $680.00 |
$680.00 |
149 |
Hoyt Peckham, Ph.D. Student Santa Cruz, California |
Foraging Ecology and Conservation of the Endangered North Pacific Loggerhead Turtle | $6,740 |
$3,540 |
153 |
James Estrada Saco, Maine |
Isotopic Variation in the Vertebral Bands of the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias | $2,505.80 |
$1,500 |
154 |
Phillip Hoos Santa Cruz, California |
Investigating the Invasion and Establishment of Populations of Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic Tarpon) on the Pacific Coast of Panama | $5,932 |
$4,000 |
158 |
Lucas de Almeida Alves São Paulo BRAZIL |
Testing a New Method to Reduce Accidental Mortality of Franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei, Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) in Cananéia, South of São Paulo State, Southeast of Brazil | $3,544 |
$3,544 |
161 |
Mary Klugh Hart Lexington, Kentucky |
Effects of Density and Predation Risk on the Mating Behavior of an Egg-Trading Simultaneous Hermaphrodite (Serranus tortugarum) | $5,480 |
$5,480 |
166 |
Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias João Pessoa BRASIL |
Ecology, Conservation and Ethnoichthyology of Mangrove Fishes from Ponta do Tubarão Reserve, NE Brazil: Implications for Fishery Management | $6,408 |
$4,000 |
172 |
Chalothon Raksataub c/o Suchana Chavanich, Ph.d. Bangkok THAILAND |
The Effect of Declining of Sea Cucumber Populations on the Benthic Microalgae in the Reefs | $3,000 |
$3,000 |
177 |
Thien T. Mai San Diego, California |
Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) Shelter Use and Movement in Southern California | $3,500 |
$1,200 |
188 |
Kathryn B. Rosell Dumaguete City Negros Oriental PHILIPPINES |
Coral Disease Dynamics on the Coral Reef Community in Negros Oriental, Philippines | $560.00 |
$560.00 |
189 |
Leslie S. Callanta Valenzuela City PHILIPPINES |
Tourist and Traffic Tolerance of Cetaceans -- An Impact Assessment of Tourism to Cetaceans in Tañon Strait | $384.00 |
$384.00 |
192 |
Voranop Viyakarn, Ph.D. Bangkok THAILAND |
Assessment of Coral Fragment Transplantation Technique in the Gulf of Thailand | $4,900 |
$2,100 |
197 |
Gustavo Muniz Dias Campinas BRAZIL |
Aspects of the Population and Reproductive Biology, Distribution and Toxicology of the Crinoid Tropiometra carinata at Praia Grande, São Sebastião-SP, Brazil | $883.86 |
$884.00 |
198 |
Sunny K. Scobell Norman, Oklahoma |
Reproductive Biology and Behavior of the Gulf Pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli | $4,148.13 |
$3,000 |
199 |
Andrew Thurber Moss Landing, California |
Fatty Acids and Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Sponges: Diet Analysis of Gutless Animals | $9,709 |
$9,709 |
203 |
Duncan Milne Burnaby, British Columbia CANADA |
Effects on Multi-Task Performance While Breathing Air and 32% O2 Enriched Air During 130 Foot Dives | $2,486 |
$2,486 |
216 |
Sarah K. Berke Columbia, South Carolina |
Testing Model Predictions: Fitness Consequences of Decorating Behavior | $4,056 |
$4,056 |
224 |
Anuschka Faucci Honolulu, Hawaii |
The Origin of Hawaiian Vermetids | $3,235 |
$3,235 |
227 |
Claudio Alfonso Delgado-Rodríguez Valdivia CHILE |
Conservation Status and Population Distribution of Marine Otter (Lontra felina) in South-Central Chile | $7,000 |
$7,000 |
241 |
Yulianus Paonganan Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA |
Invasion of Macroalgae on Coral Reef Related With Nutrient Concentration and Sedimentation on Seribu Islands, Indonesia | $4,747 |
$4,747 |