Contracts placed by the JIP since 2006 (Updated 7 June 2010)

The list provides the names and affiliations of all who have received Contracts from the JIP since its inception and the subject of those contracts.  The list is complete as of 9th December 2009 and indicates those contracts that are still in progress and those that have concluded.  Projects are listed according to the JIP Research category under which they were awarded.  Consult the “Research Topics of Interest” page to see all research topics that are included in each category.

Category 1: Source Characterisation and Propagation

• Fairfield Industries, Sugar Land, Texas, USA. Charter of the FAIRFIELD ENDEAVOR for deployment of an air gun array used in source measurements in 2007. [Completed]
• Equipment and Technical Services, Houston Texas, USA. Positioning services for EARS buoys during collection of source measurements of an air gun array. [Completed]
• University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. George Ioup. Experimental design for measuring output of an airgun array. [Completed]
• Seiche Measurements Ltd, Torrington, UK. Roy Wyatt. Review of existing data on underwater sounds produced by industry. [Completed]
• University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Deployment and retrieval of EARS buoys used to collect source measurements of an air gun array. [Completed]
• University of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Natalia Sidorovskaya. Analysis of data collected during source measurements of an air gun array. [Ongoing]
• University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. George Ioup. Analysis of data collected during source measurements of an air gun array. [Ongoing]
• PGS Geophysical, Laysaker, Norway. Anders Mattssen. Creation of an experimental range, measurement of the output of single air guns, and analysis of resultant data. [Ongoing]
• GeoSpectrum Technologies, Inc, Nova Scotia, Canada. Paul Yeatman. Implementation of Particle Velocity Sensors at the Hjørundfjord Range for single air gun measurements. [Ongoing]
• Specialty Devices, Inc, Texas, USA. Paul Higley. Computation of hydrophone positions on the SCS07 mooring arrays using 3-D finite element hydrodynamic modelling. [Ongoing]
• LGL Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Michelle Gilders. Environmental assessment of marine vibroseis technology. [Ongoing]
• JASCO Applied Sciences, Nova Scotia, Canada. Scott Carr. Review of Acoustic Acquisition Metrics and Development of Acoustic Acquisition Methodology Report for OGP. [Ongoing]
  

Category 2: Hearing, Physiological Effects, and Physical Effects

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California, USA. Paul Ponganis. Blood nitrogen uptake and distribution in diving bottlenose dolphins (the “Bends” hypothesis). [Completed]
• Aquatic Mammals, University of Western Illinois, USA. Jeanette Thomas, Editor. Publication of a special issue of AQUATIC MAMMALS [Vol. 33(1) 2007] on methods for measuring Auditory Evoked Potentials (also see http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org). [Completed]
• University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Colleen Reichmuth. A white paper entitled; Mysticete Hearing: A Research Strategy. [Completed]
• University of Southern Denmark, Lee Miller, and, University of Hawaii, Paul Nachtigall. Live capture and measurement of hearing ability in the minke whale off Iceland. [Completed]
• Environmental BioAcoustics, LLC, Maryland, USA. Art Popper. An experimental design for measuring tissue injury in fish exposed to air gun shots. [Completed]
• Pennsylvania State University, USA. Mardi Hastings. A biomechanical numerical model for predicting the onset of auditory tissue damage in different species of fish. [Completed]
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, Darlene Ketten, and Boston University, USA, David Mountain. Anatomical model of hearing in the minke whale (see http://www.whoi.edu). [Ongoing]
• SPAWAR Laboratory, San Diego, California, USA. James Finneran. Temporary Threshold Shift in dolphins exposed to multiple air gun shots. [Ongoing]
• Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. Soraya Bartol. Hearing ability in three life stages of the loggerhead sea turtle. [Ongoing]
• Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Colleen Reichmuth. Airgun effects on Arctic seals: auditory detection, masking, and temporary threshold shift. [Ongoing]
• SEA Inc, Santa Cruz, USA. Brandon Southall. Airgun effects on Arctic seals: auditory detection, masking, and temporary threshold shift – provision of Consultant services. [Ongoing]

Category 3: Behavioural Reactions and Biological Significance

• Marine Acoustics, Inc., Arlington Virginia, USA. Behavioural responses of beaked whales to naval sonar, seismic air guns, and other sound stimuli. (Co-funded with ONR and US Navy). [Completed]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, St. Andrews University, UK. Nicola Quick. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound. [Completed]
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Lowestoft, UK. Frank Thomsen. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound. [Completed]
• LGL, Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Michelle Gilders. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound. [Completed]
• LGL, Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Michelle Gilders. Application of Risk Assessment for evaluating the effects of sound on marine life. [Completed]
• Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. Edward Keith. Critical review of the literature on marine mammal population modelling. [Completed]
• University of St Andrews, UK. John Harwood. Critical Review of the literature on marine mammal and fish population modelling. [Completed]
• Florida State University Research Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, Douglas Nowacek, and Murdoch University, Western Australia, Lars Bejder. A review of literature to estimate PCAD-related transfer functions. [Completed]
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California, USA. Aaron Thode. Testing of potential alerting responses on tagged sperm and humpback whales off Sitka, Alaska. [Ongoing]
• SeaWatch Foundation, Chalfont St. Peter, UK. Peter Evans. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound. [Ongoing]
• Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Daniel Costa. Relating behaviour and life functions to populations level effects in marine mammals; an empirical & modelling effort to develop the PCAD model; Use of electronic tag data and analytical tools to identify and predict habitat utilization of marine mammals in a risk assessment framework. [Ongoing]
• University of Queensland, Australia, Michael Noad, and Curtin University of Technology, Australia, Robert McCauley. Controlled Exposure Experiments to examine the effects of seismic airgun arrays on Humpback whales – workshop and project preparation. [Ongoing]
  

Category 4: Mitigation and Monitoring

• SIMRAD AS, Horton, Norway. Frank Reier Knudsen. Evaluation of low and high frequency sonar for detecting whales in relation to seismic survey explorations. [Completed]
• Noise Control Engineering, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA. Jesse Spence. Noise Control Technologies capable of reducing underwater sound production (noise attenuation technology and methods). [Completed]
• RSK Environment Ltd, Aberdeen, UK. Robert Jaques. Collation and potential use of existing marine mammal observer data. [Completed]
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California, USA. Aaron Thode. Converting, testing, and installing tracking software into the PAMGUARD system. [Completed]
• Ecologic UK Ltd, St. Andrews, UK. Jonathan Gordon. Workshop and tutorial introducing PAMGUARD to potential users. [Completed]
• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Xiao Yan Deng. Developing basic architecture, configuring utilities, improving displays, and providing bug fixes for PAMGUARD. [Completed]
• Oregon State University, USA. David Mellinger. Advice on system architecture and develop utilities for detection and localization in PAMGUARD. [Completed]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, St. Andrews, UK. Ian Boyd. PAMGUARD field testing during the 2007 CODA field trial. [Completed]
• Akoostix Inc, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Joe Hood. PAMGUARD software development – detection, classification & localization capabilities focused on mysticetes and beaked whales. [Completed]
• Innovations in Signal Processing (INSIG) Inc, Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA. David Moretti. Fixed Passive Acoustic Marine Mammal Monitoring for estimating species abundance and mitigating the effect of operations on the marine environment. [Completed]
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California, USA. Aaron Thode. Testing use of a vector sensor for resolving right/left ambiguities in towed PAM systems. [Completed]
• Bio-Waves Inc, Encinitas, California, USA. Thomas Norris. Review & inventory of current fixed installation Passive Acoustic Monitoring methods & technologies. [Completed]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, UK. Douglas Gillespie. Provision of PAMGUARD support services through 2008 to 2010 including development of sustainable funding stream for longer-term maintenance. [Completed]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, St. Andrews University, UK. Len Thomas. Estimating marine mammal population densities from fixed PAM data (co-funded with NOAA Acoustics Program). [Ongoing]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, St Andrews University, UK, Douglas Gillespie, and Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, Southampton, UK, Paul White. Development & implementation of acoustic classification of odontocetes with PAMGUARD. [Ongoing]
• Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA. Whitlow Au. Development of software (ROCCA) for real-time acoustic identification of cetacean species. [Ongoing]
• Sea Mammal Research Unit, St Andrews University, UK. Douglas Gillespie. PAMGUARD Industry Field Trial in Gulf of Mexico, 2008. [Ongoing]
• Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jim Theriault. Review/inventory of current Active Acoustic Methods and Technologies. [Ongoing]
  

Category 5: Research Tools

• Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews, UK. Ian Boyd. Workshop on technology (tags) needed to measure responses of wildlife to industry sound. [Completed]
• LGL Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. William Koski. Review/inventory of current technologies and applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for the detection & monitoring of key biological resources and physical parameters affecting marine life. [Completed]
• Oregon State University, USA. Bruce Mate. Field testing of developed GPS/depth tags on Sperm whales in the Sea of Cortez in 2007 & 2008. [Ongoing]

Other Topics

• University of Maryland, USA. Arthur Popper. Noise exposure criteria for fish and turtles (meeting of an ASA working group). [Completed]
• University of Maryland, USA, Arthur Popper, and Fjord & Baelt, Kerteminda, Denmark, Magnus Wahlberg. Support for the International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Nyborg, Denmark 2007 (see http://www.noiseeffects.umd.edu/). [Completed]
• Society for Marine Mammalogy, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida. John Reynolds, President. Support for the 17th biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa, December, 2007. [Completed]
• University of Aberdeen, UK, David Lusseau, and Murdoch University, Western Australia, Lars Bejder. Support for Phase I (research design) of large-scale research initiative to inform PCAD Model. [Completed]

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