2005 PADI FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS
Req. |
Recipient Name |
Project Funded |
Amount |
Grant |
| 1 | Dr. Preethi Burkholder Rajagiriya, SRI LANKA |
Taxonomy and Distribution of Edible Crabs in the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka (Scylla serrata) | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| 3 | Gidon Winters Eilat, ISRAEL |
Temporal Changes in the Physiology of Corals With Relation to Bleaching | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 17 | Dr. Michael Zuykov St. Petersburg, RUSSIA |
Environmental Actinides Contamination: Role of Mollusk Shells in Migration of Americium in Aquatic Ecosystem and Its Decontamination Ability | $3,876 | $3,876 |
| 32 | Brent Hughes Moss Landing, California |
Effects of Egregia menziesii Populations on Rocky Intertidal Algal Assemblages | $2,494.54 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Mads S. Thomsen, Ph.D. Morningside, Auckland NEW ZEALAND |
Predicting Survival of Tropical Macroalgae Under Extreme Wave Forces | $6,700 | $6,000 |
| 41 | Dr. Gustavo Thompson Capital Federal, Buenos Aires ARGENTINA |
The Influence of Human Activities in the Diversity of the Intertidal Macrofaunal Communities of the Sandy Beaches of Buenos Aires, Argentina | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 45 | Niger Delta Project for Environment,
Human Rights and Development Ogale-Nchia, Eleme Rivers State NIGERIA |
Training Local Conservationists to Carry Out Bio-Remediation and Re-Vegetation of Devastated Mangrove Sites in Goi Village Community in Ogoni, Rivers State, Nigeria | $9,048 | $4,500 |
| 54 | Edi Rudi Bogor, Barat INDONESIA |
Coral Reef Community and Coral (Scleractinian) Recruitment After Tsunami Disaster in Sabang Waters, Aceh, Indonesia | $5,720 | $5,720 |
| 79 | Kathleen M. Morrow Northridge, California |
Competitive Interactions Between the Sea Anemone, Corynactis californica, and Benthic Algae Are Mediated by Light and Water Flow in a Kelp Forest Habitat | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 103 | International Marinelife Alliance
Vietnam Hanoi, VIETNAM |
Community-Based Coastal Clean Up Initiative in Buffer Zone of Xuan Thuy National Park, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam | $9,250 | $3,000 |
| 111 | Dr. Giuliano Buzá Jacobucci São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo BRAZIL |
Assessment and Characterization of Sargassum Beds on Northern Coastal Islands of São Paulo State, Brazil | $3,280 | $3,280 |
| 112 | Joanna Stead, Ph.D. Candidate St. Lucia, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
The Biology and Ecology of the Brown-Banded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) Müller & Henle, 1938, in Queensland, Australia | $6,572 | $5,808 |
| 113 | Isabel Cristina Sampaio Feitosa João Pessoa BRAZIL |
Ecology and Behavior of Estuarine Dolphin Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) and Its Interactions With Fishery and Tourism Activities in Baía Formosa, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | $9,353 | $3,000 |
| 117 | Áthila Bertoncini Andrade Campinas, São José BRAZIL |
Collaborative Approach in the Research of Dusky Grouper Biology | $4,170 | $4,170 |
| 122 | Kanesa M. Duncan Honolulu, Hawaii |
High School Students Empirically Estimate Growth Rates of Juvenile Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks: An Education – Research Collaboration | $1,676.42 | $1,700 |
| 127 | Yehudi Nafisa Rodríguez Arriatti La Paz, Baja California Sur MÉXICO |
The Molecular Phylogenetics of Endangerment in Tropical Coastal Habitats: Fishing Malpractice and Unresolved Systematics of Guitarfishes | $3,558.71 | $3,600 |
| 138 | Susan Kevin La Jolla, California |
How Larval Diet Affects Early Development and Subsequent Adult Fitness in the Reef-Building Tube Worm Phragmatopoma californica | $5,200 | $3,800 |
| 139 | Chris L. Chabot Northridge, California |
Population Genetics of the Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in Response to California Fishery Pressures | $4,000 | $4,010 |
| 149 | David M. Baker Ithaca, New York |
A Century of Nitrogen Perturbations in the Caribbean Revealed Using Isotopic Analysis of Gorgonian Coral Skeletons | $4,800 | $4,000 |
| 155 | Bengt J. Allen Stony Brook, New York |
Invasive Shore Crab Threatens Key Salt Marsh Species: The Importance of Direct and Indirect Interactions | $2,422 | $2,422 |
| 167 | Adrianna Zito Clemson, South Carolina |
Testing the Allee Effect Recruitment Hypothesis: The Influence of Conspecific Cues and Community Composition on the Recruitment of Juvenile Spiny Lobsters | $5,215 | $5,215 |
| 168 | Nicole D. Fogarty Tallahassee, Florida |
Hybridization Mechanism and Their Significance in Depauperate Acropora Populations | $6,777 | $3,800 |
| 169 | Melissa Roth La Jolla, California |
Does Fish Size Matter? Evaluating the Effect of Herbivorous Fish Size on Macroalgal Communities on Coral Reefs | $3,975 | $3,975 |
| 170 | Tania A. Sosa Santa Cruz, California |
Determining the Sources of a Harmful Algal Bloom Toxin in Coastal Sediments of Central California | $10,149 | $5,000 |
| 180 | Sebastien Murat Townsville, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
Breath-Hold Diving on "Empty" Lungs by Humans: A Safer and More Cost-Efficient Strategy? | $9,253 | $9,253 |
| 182 | Bernadette Bezy San José, COSTA RICA |
Coral Reproductive Biology as a Basis for Marine Conservation in the Rapidly Developing Tourist Area of Culebra Bay, Costa Rica | $6,860 | $3,860 |
| 185 | Edna R. Sabater Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental PHILIPPINES |
Concentration of Heavy Metals of the Melon-Headed Whale, Peponocephala electra, from the Bohol Sea: A Baseline Study | $1,390.17 | $1,400 |
| 186 | Eugenia Sampayo St. Lucia, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
Flexibility of Corals Living Under Environmental Disturbance: Will Coral Reefs Be Able to Recover? | $6,325.12 | $6,326 |
| 187 | Cabrillo Marine Aquarium San Pedro, California |
High School Research Internships for Summer 2005 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 199 | Veronica Vigilant Santa Cruz, California |
Marine Algal Toxins in a California Estuary: Patterns and Possible Links to Eutrophication | $8,000 |
$4,000 |
| 201 | Adriana Humanes Schumann Caracas, VENEZUELA |
Evaluation and Comparison of the Size Structure of Coralline Populations with Diverse Reproductive Strategies at Different Depths and Substrates at Isla Larga, San Esteban National Park, Venezuela | $1,450 | $1,000 |
| 211 | Cynthia Grazielle Martins Delboni São Paulo, BRAZIL |
Biodiversity and Distribution of Echinoderms at Two Different Areas in São Sebastião Island, Brazil: A Preserved Versus an Impacted Area | $964.00 | $964.00 |
| 220 | Savannah Science Museum, Inc. Savannah, Georgia |
The Caretta Research Project | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 227 | Dr. Verena Häußermann Valdivia, CHILE |
Geographical and Bathymetrical Distribution of the Azooxanthellate Coral Banks in the Northern Patagonian Fjord Region and Implications for Their Conservation | $9,860 | $9,860 |
| 233 | Derrick C. Blackmon Dauphin Island, Alabama |
Cross-Habitat Energy Exchange Via Nocturnal Invertebrate Drift Along the Florida Keys Reef Tract: Evidence of a New Pathway for the Allochthonous Input of Seagrass-Based Production for Coral Reef Predators | $1,675 | $1,675 |
| 234 | Dr. K. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.,
Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu INDIA |
Effect of Post-Tsunami on the Breeding Grounds of the Endangered Turtle Population Along the Tamilnadu Coast (East Coast of India) | $9,080 | $2,900 |
240 |
Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves João Pessoa, BRAZIL |
Understanding the Links Between Fishers’ Traditional Knowledge, Seahorse Trade and Conservation in North and Northeastern Brazil | $6,001 | $6,001 |
| 248 | Dr. Matthew A. Kosnik James Cook University Townsville, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
Temporal Changes and Time-Averaging in Great Barrier Reef Molluscan Communities | $7,700 | $7,700 |
| 253 | Ashley Frisch James Cook University Townsville, Queensland AUSTRALIA |
The Effects of Spearfishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia | $1,020 | $1,020 |
| 263 | Los Angeles Conservation Corps Los Angeles, California |
SEA Lab Research Project | $11,200 | $1,200 |
| 270 | Lisa Mangiamele Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Variation in Migratory Behavior and Orientation Mechanisms in Three Populations of Loggerhead Turtle Hatchlings (Caretta caretta) | $2,514 | $2,514 |
| 274 | Ashley P. Greenley Moss Landing, California |
Movement Patterns, Home Range, and Homing Behavior of Kelp Rockfish Sebastes atrovirens in Carmel Bay, California | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 283 | Arlene G. Sampang Los Baños, Laguna PHILIPPINES |
Improving the Ancestral Domain Management Plan of the Calamian Tagbanua in Coron Island, Palawan, Philippines Using Local Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Resource Management Practices on Fish | $2,000 | $2,000 |