Ann Stapleton, biology & marine biology, was funded $20,023 by the National Science Foundation for "PSCIC: Collaborative: iPlant - Plant Cyberinfrastructure."

Michael Durako, biology & marine biology/CMS, was funded $21,000 from NOAA for "Tissue Localization of Flavanoid Compounds in Halophilia Johnsonii: Depth and Salinity Effects."

Sean Lema, biology & marine biology, was published in a March edition of the journal Science in the article "Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Foraging Cue for Reef Fishes." His research team investigated fish who "eavesdrop" their way to healthy food sources using chemicals cues given off by ocean organisms.

Martin Posey & Troy Alphin, biology & marine biology, were funded $7,292 by Elizabeth City State University for "Service, Maintain and Calibrate Remote Data Collection Platforms in Swamps and Channels of the Cape Fear Basin."

Christopher Finelli, biology & marine biology, was funded $193,617 by the National Science Foundation for the project "Pumping Rates of the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia Muta, on Caribbean Reefs: Size Scaling, Environmental Controls and Bleaching Effects."

Christopher Finelli, biology & marine biology, was funded $1,640 by the North Carolina Sea Grant for the project "Application of Chemical Cues to Artificial Reef Substrate: Enhanced Oyster Recruitment or Increased Population."

Lawrence Cahoon, biology & marine biology, Christopher Halkides, chemistry & biochemistry, & Bongkeun Song, biology & marine biology, were funded $116,507 by UNC-GA for their project "Microbial Anti-oxidants from Swine Waste Lagoons." 

Stephen Kinsey & Richard Dillaman, biology & marine biology, received $466,186 from the National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Are Muscle Fibers Just the Right Size?"

Sean Lema, biology & marine biology, has an article, "The Phenotypic Plasticity of Death Valley's Pupfish," on American Scientist Online. It may be read in its entirety www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/56469?fulltext=true

Steven Emslie, biology & marine biology, received $5,750 from the National Science Foundation for the project "Occupation History and Diet of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica."

Heather Koopman, biology & marine biology, was funded $3,000 by the University of Maine for "Factors Affecting Egg Quality in the American Lobster in the Bay of Fundy: Habitat, Diet and Female Body Size."

William McLellan & Ann Pabst, biology & marine biology, were funded $264,919 by NOAA for "The Mid-Atlantic Right Whale Aerial Survey."

Ami Wilbur, Martin Posey, Troy Alphin, biology & marine biology, & Julie Gauthier, CMS, were funded $5,998 by North Carolina Sea Grant for "Preliminary Investigation into the Occurrence and Impacts of a Novel Parasite in the Eastern Oyster."

Ann Pabst, Sentiel Rommel & William McLellan, biology & marine biology, were funded $98,240 by NOAA for "Enhanced Tissue Collection and Health Monitoring of Stranded Marine Mammals in NC and VA."

Frederick Scharf, biology & marine biology, was funded $46,041 by NC Sea Grant for the project "Predation by Red Drum on Juvenile Blue Crabs: Estimation of Daily Ration and Seasonal and Ontogenetic Variation in the Contribution of Blue Crab to the Diet."

Joseph Pawlik, biology & marine biology, received $32,251 from NURC for "Ecology of Sponges on Florida Reefs: Demography and Bleaching."

Amanda Southwood, biology & marine biology, was funded $87,631 by University of New Hampshire, Large Pelagics Research Center for the project "Leatherneck Turtles Foraging Habitats in the North Atlantic: Implications for Fisheries Interactions."

Troy Alphin, biology & marine biology, received $2,700 from the Carolina Mariculture Company for "Determining Which Oyster Grow-out System Performs Better in a Low Tidal Range Protected Environment: High Output Floating Bags or Adjustable Longline System."

Sonja Pyott, biology & marine biology, was funded $10,000 by the American Academy of Audiology for the project, "Enhancement of the Efferent-hair Cell Synapse by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors."

Daniel Baden, CMS, & Elena Perrineau, biology & marine biology, received $27,220 from NIH/NIGMS for "Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program."

Martin Posey & Troy Alphin, biology & marine biology, received $27,378 in funding from North Carolina Sea Grant for their project, "Success in Oyster Reef Restoration: Population and Ecosystem Measures."

Alina Szmant, biology & marine biology & Robert Whitehead, CMS, received $68,775 from United Nations University for the project, "Coral Reef Targeted Research Connectivity Working Group Project C. Dispersal of Coral Larvae."

Bongkeun Song, biology & marine biology & Craig Tobias, geography& geology, were funded $15,120 by North Carolina Sea Grant for their project, "Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in the Cape Fear River Estuary: Attentuation vs. Recycling and the Effects of a Variable Freshwater-Saltwater Boundary."

Martin Posey & Troy Alphin, biology & marine biology, were funded $16,450 by North Carolina Sea Grant for their project, "Success in Oyster Reef Restoration: Population and Ecosystem Measures."

Carmelo Tomas, biology & marine biology, was funded $107,403 by UNCW/NIH for "Diverse Chemical Libraries from Photosynthetic Marine Microalgae."

Craig Tobias, geography& geology, & Bongkeun Song, biology & marine biology, were funded $5,135 by North Carolina Sea Grant "Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in the Cape Fear River Estuary: Attenuation vs. Recycling and the Effects of a Variable Freshwater-saltwater Boundary."