Contracts placed by the JIP since 2006 (Updated 24 Sept 2008)

This list provides the names and affiliations of all who have received contracts from the JIP since its inception, and the subject of their contract. The list is complete through early 2008; some listed contracts have expired. Projects are listed according to the JIP Research Category into which their work fits. Consult the Research Topics of Interest page to see all Research Topics that are included in each Category.

Category 1: Source Characterization and Propagation

• Fairfield Industries, Sugar Land, Texas, USA. Charter of the FAIRFIELD ENDEAVOR for deployment of an air gun array used in source measurements.
• University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Deployment and retrieval of EARS buoys used to collect source measurements of an air gun array.
• Equipment and Technical Services, Houston Texas, USA. Positioning services for EARS buoys during collection of source measurements of an air gun array.
• Dr Natalia Sidorovskaya, University of Lafayette, Lousiana, USA. Analysis of data collected during source measurements of an air gun array.
• Dr George Ioup, University of New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. Experimental design for measuring output of an airgun array.
• Dr George Ioup, University of New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. Analysis of data collected during source measurements of an air gun array.
• Mr Anders Mattssen, PGS Geophysical, Laysaker, Norway. Creation of an experimental range, measurement of the output of single air guns, and analysis of resultant data.
• Dr Roy Wyatt, Seiche Measurements Ltd., Torrington, UK. Review of existing data on underwater sounds produced by industry.
• Paul Higley, Specialty Devices, Inc, Texas, USA. Computation of hydrophone positions on the SCS07 mooring arrays using 3-D finite element hydrodynamic modelling.
• Michelle Gilders, LGL Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. Environmental assessment of marine vibroseis technology.
  

Category 2: Hearing, Physiological Effects, and Physical Effects

• Dr Paul Ponganis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA. Blood nitrogen uptake and distribution in diving bottlenose dolphins (the “Bends” hypothesis).
• Dr Jeanette Thomas, Editor, Aquatic Mammals, University of Western Illinois, USA. 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).
• Dr Colleen Reichmuth, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. A white paper entitled; MYSTICETE HEARING: A RESEARCH STRATEGY.
• Dr Darlene Ketten, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Dr David Mountain, Boston University, USA. Anatomical model of hearing in the minke whale (see http://www.whoi.edu).
• Dr James Finneran, SPAWAR Laboratory, San Diego, California, USA. Temporary Threshold Shift in dolphins exposed to multiple airgun shots.
• Dr Lee Miller, University of Southern Denmark, and Dr Paul Nachtigall, University of Hawaii. Live capture and measurement of hearing ability in the minke whale.
• Dr Arthur Popper, Environmental BioAcoustics, LLC, Maryland, USA. An experimental design for measuring tissue injury in fish exposed to air gun shots.
• Dr Soraya Bartol, Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. Hearing ability in three life stages of the loggerhead sea turtle.
• Dr Mardi Hastings, Pennsylvania State University, USA. A biomechanical numerical model for predicting the onset of auditory tissue damage in different species of fish

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).
• Dr Nola Quick, Sea Mammal Research Unit, St. Andrews University, UK. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound.
• Frank Thomsen, Center for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquatic Sciences (Cfas), Lowestoft, UK. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound.
• Dr Peter G.H. Evans, SeaWatch Foundation, Chalfont St. Peter, UK. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound.
• Michelle Gilders, LGL, Ltd., Sydney, British Columbia, Canada. Cetacean population trends in relation to industry Exploration and Production sound.
• Michelle Gilders, LGL, Ltd., Sydney, British Columbia, Canada. Application of Risk Assessment for evaluation the effects of sound on marine life.
• Dr Edward Keith, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. Critical review of the literature on marine mammal population modelling.
• Professor John Harwood, University of St Andrews, UK. Critical Review of the literature on marine mammal and fish population modelling
• Dr Douglas Nowacek, Florida State University Research Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida, USA and Dr Lars Bejder, Murdoch University, Western Australia. A review of literature to estimate PCAD-related transfer functions.
• Dr Daniel Costa, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. 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.
• Dr Aaron Thode, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA. Testing of potential alerting responses on tagged sperm and humpback whales off Sitka, Alaska.
  

Category 4: Mitigation and Monitoring

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

Category 5: Research Tools

• Dr Ian Boyd, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews, UK. Workshop on technology (tags) needed to measure responses of wildlife to industry sound.
• Dr Bruce Mate, Oregon State University, USA. Field testing of developed GPS/depth tags on Sperm whales in the Sea of Cortez.
• William Koski, LGL Ltd, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. 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.

Other Topics

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

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