PROJECT REPORTS
Project summaries, progress reports and PI contact information are provided for projects funded by the Center. Information provided is preliminary and property of the PIs. Contact the PIs directly if you wish to cite their work in any way.
Technological development of a high resolution, rapid survey capability to identify spawning habitat of
large pelagic fishes
PI: Robert Cowen
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
Spatial Ecology of Marine Turtles in the Eastern Atlantic
PIs: Michael Coyne, Brendan Godley, Patrick Halpin and Mike Fedak
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
PCBs as Novel Tracers for Determining Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Population Mixing in
the North Atlantic
PIs: Rebecca M. Dickhut and Ashok D. Deshpande
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
Genetic discrimination of bluefin tuna spawned in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
PI: John Graves, Jan McDowell
and Jens Carlsson
Project Status: On going -
Progress Report 2 (07/07), Progress Report (11/06)
Towards long-term tracking of billfish
PIs: Kim Holland and David Itano
Project Status: On going -
Progress Report (11/06)
Distribution, migration and behavior of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the north Atlantic
PIs: Hunt Howell and Inga F. Potter
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
Assessment of natal homing and mixing of Atlantic bluefin tuna using d13C and d18O signatures in otoliths
PIs:
Jay R. Rooker and David H. Secor
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
Habitat utilization, movement patterns, and post-release survivorship of porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus)
captured on longline in the North Atlantic
PIs: Gregory Skomal, Lisa Natanson, Nancy Kohler, Diego Bernal and Chugey Sepulveda
Project Status: On going -
Progress Report 2 (07/07), Progress Report (11/06)
Leatherback turtle foraging habitats in the north Atlantic: Implications for fisheries interactions
PIs: Amanda Southwood and David Kirby
Project Status: On going - Progress Report 2 (07/07),
Progress Report (11/06)
Reconstructing Diet Histories and Migration Pathways of Bluefin Tuna from Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analyses of
Scales and Bone
PIs: Simon R. Thorrold and Leah A. Houghton
Project Status: On going -
Progress Report 2 (07/07), Progress Report (11/06)

