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Filling Gaps in Knowledge
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ISSUE:
NCRI facilitates funding of external projects identified as filling gaps in specific knowledge areas by its Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC). Each year the TAC recommends an area of study to focus upon in an RFP. Proposals are accepted from U.S.
institutions.
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PROJECT:
Previously funded projects have supported the University of Kansas in a global analysis of coral reef vulnerability and the
development of an electronic environmental database. The University of Georgia was supported in investigations of population
dynamics and genetic diversity of Acropora cervicornis (staghorn coral). Boston University received funds to investigate
connectivity among Caribbean stomatopod populations. Florida International University was supported in evaluating the role of a
coral pathogen in the ongoing coral mortality on coral reefs of Florida. The University of Florida was supported in research
assessing the biodiversity and endemism of reef cryptofauna, and the Bermuda Biological Research Station in the evaluation of
molecular biodiversity in semi-isolated octocoral-zooxanthellae symbioses of Bermuda. These projects exemplify the types of
external projects that NCRI funds on a short-term (usually one-year) basis, selected by NCRI's external Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC).
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PROJECT:
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Coral Reef Vulnerability: An Electronic Reef Environmental Database
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Principal
Investigator:
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Robert W. Buddemeier, Ph.D.
University of Kansas / Kansas Geological Survey
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PROJECT:
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Potential for Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) in Coral Reef Restoration: Genetics
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Principal
Investigator:
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William K. Fitt, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
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PROJECT:
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The Hidden World of Coral Reefs: Assessing the Biodiversity and Endemism of the Reef Cryptofauna
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Principal
Investigator:
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Gustav Paulay, Ph.D.
University of Florida
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PROJECT:
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Assessment of the Role of a Coral Pathogen in the Ongoing Coral Mortality on Coral Reefs of Florida
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Principal
Investigators:
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Laurie Richardson, Ph.D.
Dee Mills, Ph.D. (Co-PI)
Florida International University
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PROJECT:
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Connectivity among Caribbean Stomatopod Populations: Effects of Ocean Currents and Life History on Patterns of Dispersal
and Regional Biodiversity
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Principal
Investigators:
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Paul H. Barber, Ph.D.
Boston University
Roy Caldwell, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
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PROJECT:
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Molecular Biodiversity in Semi-Isolated Gorgonian-Zooxanthellae Symbioses of Bermuda
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Principal
Investigator:
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Henry G. Trapido-Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Kathryn A. Coates, Ph.D. (Co-PI)
Bermuda Biological Station for Research
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