1999 PADI FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS
| Req. No. |
Recipient Name | Project Funded | Amount Requested |
Grant Amount |
| 1 | Dr. Edward J. Klekowski Professor of Biology University of Massachusetts Biology Department Amherst, Massachusetts |
The Underwater World of the Connecticut River: A Museum Exhibit | $5,000 | $2,000 |
| 5 | Marine Conservation Society Herefordshire, United Kingdom |
Marine Conservation Society "Tackle Trawl" Underwater Clean Up Brochure | 3,000 | $4,500 |
| 10 | Fruitvale Elementary School Oakland, California |
Exploration of Careers Underwater for Upper Elementary Students at Fruitvale School | $10,000 | $2,000 |
| 17 | Erika Iyengar Cornell University Ithaca, New York |
Evolution of Kleptoparasitism within the genus Trichotropis | $7,685 | $4,200 |
| 19 | FerruccioMaltagliati,Ph.D. Pisa, Italy |
Genetic Variability and Gene Flow Among Populations of Octopus Vulgaris Cuv. (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Central Mediterranean Sea | $6,300 | $6,300 |
| 22 | Eduardo Teixeira de Macedo Brasilia, Brazil |
Warning Plates About the Danger of Cave Diving at the "Hole of Hell" Ecological Park | $350.00 | $350.00 |
| 23 | Mike N. Dawson, Graduate Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution University of California Los Angeles, California |
Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of a Federally Endangered Species, the California Tidewater Goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi | $7,131 | $7,131 |
| 24 | Cabrillo Marine Aquarium San Pedro, California | PADI Foundation/CMA Research Intern Program | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 40 | Andrea G. Grottoli, Ph.D. Department of Earth System
Science University of California - Irvine Irvine, California |
Coral Bleaching | $8,857.60 | $8,857.60 |
| 45 | Matthew S. Edwards Department of Biology University of California Santa Cruz, California |
Disaster and Recovery in Giant Kelp Communities in the Northeast Pacific During the 1997-1998 El Niņo: A Matter of Scale | $9,800 | $9,800 |
| 47 | Laura E. Martin Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, California |
Perturbation of a Biotically and Socio-Economically Valuable Ecosystem: Implications for Conservation and Management of Jellyfish Lake, Palau | $4,400 | $2,200 |
| 51 | Mr. Will Figueira Mr. Sean Lyman Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Beaufort, North Carolina |
The Effects of Habitat on Demographic Rates and Population Dynamics of Reef Fish | $4,621 | $4,621 |
| 55 | Joaquim Garrabou, Ph.D. Department of Zoology University of Maryland College Park, Maryland |
Long-Term Changes in the NW Atlantic and NW Mediterranean Subtidal Rocky Benthic Communities | $4,915 | $4,915 |
| 57 | Brian D. Badgley Bermuda Biological Station for Research St. George's, Bermuda |
Physiology of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Uptake in Scleractinian Corals and Its Effect on Colony Productivity | $8,100 | $4,500 |
| 58 | Victor M. Peddemors, Ph.D. Whale Africa Promotions Umhlanga Rocks South Africa |
Raggedtooth Sharks and Recreational Scuba Diving: Socio-Economic and Environmental Implications at the Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal | $7,792 | $7,792 |
| 65 | Karen L. Overholtzer, Ph.D. Student Department of Zoology Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon |
The Influence of Movement on the Population Dynamics of Coral Reef Fishes: Implications for Marine Reserve Design | $7,601 | $6,591 |
| 70 | Charles Littnan, Research Student Marine Mammal Research Group Graduate School of the Environment Macquarie University Sydney, Australia |
Foraging Ecology of Australian Fur Seals: The Effect of Proximity to Feeding Grounds on Foraging Behaviour | $13,494 | $10,000 |
| 78 | Michael D. Donnellan, Graduate Student Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Moss Landing, California |
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Kelp Forest Canopies in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary | $8,000 | $3,000 |
| 82 | Mr. Guido Pastorino Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" Buenos Aires, Argentina |
The Genus Buccinanops d'Orbigny, 1841 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South American Coast: An Integrative Systematic and Biogeographic Study | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| 83 | Ms. Erin Maillet Millbury, Massachusetts |
Environmental Mercury Contamination: Turtles as Biomonitors of the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems | $4,700 | $4,700 |
| 88 | Mr. Armagan Sabetian Department of Marine Science University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand |
Coastal Reef Grouper Population (Epinephelus spp.) and Fisheries Dynamics in the Solomon Islands | $3,050 | $3,050 |
| 89 | Peter J. Edmunds, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology California State University - Northridge Northridge, California |
The Role of Coral Recruitment as a Process Driving Patterns of Change in Caribbean Coral Reefs | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| 103 | Dr. Nadav Shashar Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
Assessment of Impacts of Artificial Reefs on Nearby Natural Coral Reefs | $8,431 | $5,000 |
| 118 | Dr. Lawrence M. Dill, FRSC Professor and Director Behavioural Ecology Research Group Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia CANADA |
Habitat Use by Large Marine Animals: An Ecosystem Approach | $6,600 | $6,600 |
| 125 | Carmen E. Trisler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Education Department Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio |
Tools for Teachers: Assisting Bahamians in Coral Reef Studies (ABC Reef Studies) | $9,306 | $5,000 |
| 127 | Ms. Larisa Avens Biology Department University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Homing Behavior and Orientation Mechanisms in Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, in Core Sound, North Carolina | $3,680 | $3,680 |
| 129 | Wade D. Smith, Graduate Student Ichthyology Laboratory Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Moss Landing, California |
Life History Aspects of a Commercially Exploited Stingray, Dasyatis brevis, from the Magdalena Bay Complex, B.C.S., Mexico | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 136 | William P. Irwin, Graduate Student Department of Biology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Acoustically and Visually Tracking Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) during Migration for Mating | $5,800 | $5,000 |
| 137 | David Gold, MOEd
Chemin des Cerfs Genolier, SWITZERLAND |
Increasing the Awareness of Decompression Illness (Decompression Sickness and Barotrauma) and Developing Notions of Environmental Projection Among the Indigenous Fisherman Divers of Thailand | $8,150 | $5,000 |
| 149 | Yehuda Arieli, Ph.D. Israel Naval Medical Institute Haifa, ISRAEL |
The Effect of Ultrasound on Gas Bubble Dynamics in the Prawn Palaemon elegans -- A Model for Decompression Illness In-Vivo | $4,561.70 | $4,000 |
| 163 | Virginia Marine Science Museum Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Chesapeake Bay Marine Lab Programs for Underserved Students | $10,500 | $5,500 |
| 167 | ReefKeeper International Miami, Florida |
Validating the Conservation Effectiveness of No-Take Coral Reef Sanctuary Preservation Areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | $5,238 | $2,650 |
| 171 | Dr. Mauricio Mello Petrucio Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, BRASIL |
Availability of Carbon and Bacterial and Phytoplancton Production in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Middle Rio Doce-MG | $8,150 | $8,150 |
| 181 | Mr. Cris Weber University of Florida Department of Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Gainesville, Florida |
PADI Foundation Grant Follow Up Study | $4,000 | $4,000 |