| State |
Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding Requested |
| AK |
North Slope Borough |
Response to stranded marine mammals in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas |
$99,946 |
| AK |
North Slope Borough |
Characterization of the potential effects of anthropogenic sound on the gross & histological anatomy of the Mysticete ear |
$99,920 |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Basic Operations and Medical Care of Rehabilitation Patients |
$99,994 |
| AK |
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Enhancing Quarantine Practices and Facilities |
$99,604 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Anchorage |
Collaborative Approach to Stranding in Alaska |
$97,256 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Unbiased Molecular Surveillance for the Presence of Pathogens in Stranded Marine Mammals |
$99,994 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Growth rate, condition and contaminant load of rehabilitating harbor seal pups |
$77,419 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Can Stranding Data be Used to Promote the Recovery of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales? A Retrospective Analysis. |
$91,047 |
| CA |
City of Malibu |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Data Collection for the City of Malibu |
$88,820 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Veterinary Program Support at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
$100,000 |
| CA |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation |
Improvement of Archival Marine Mammal Specimen Storage Facilities at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
$48,583 |
| CA |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation |
Enhancing response and data collection from dead stranded cetaceans in southern California |
$89,720 |
| CA |
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center |
Enhanced Stranding Response on the Lost Coast: Support for Basic Operational Needs and Installation of Rehabilitation Pools |
$98,946 |
| CA |
Pacific Marine Mammal Center |
Diagnostic and Treatment Enhancements for Stranded Marine Mammals |
$70,038 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Research Foundation |
Large Whale Stranding Investigation |
$95,972 |
| CA |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History |
Enhancement of Cetacean Bio-Monitoring in Central and Southern California |
$93,804 |
| CA |
The Marine Mammal Center |
Evaluation of the use of circulatory eosinophilia in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) as an indicator of chronic health effects due to exposure to domoic acid, and thus releasability. |
$78,192 |
| CA |
The Regents of the University of California |
Continued Prescott Program Enhancement of Stranding Response at University of California Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab |
$93,831 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc.- Mystic Aquarium |
Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at Mystic Aquarium |
$99,953 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc.- Mystic Aquarium |
Enteric Bacterial Microfloral Compositional Patterns of Stranded and Rehabilitated Northeast Phocids and Effects of Antibiotic Administration on Enteric Coliform Resistance |
$64,904 |
| DE |
DNREC - Division of Fish and Wildlife |
Support staffing and operational needs to perform comprehensive stranding response, data collection, and health assessment for stranded marine mammals occurring in Delaware |
$100,000 |
| DE |
DNREC - Division of Fish and Wildlife |
Establish a temporary holding pool to improve quality of care for cetaceans stranding in the Del-Mar-Va region. |
$16,539 |
| FL |
Chicago Zoological Society |
2009 Chicago Zoological Society Dolphin Research Program Assessing Post-Release Success of Rehabilitated Odontocete Cetaceans |
$69,224 |
| FL |
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Inc. |
Improving the level of rehabilitative care given to stranded marine mammals at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium while developing the capability to archive data to better understand stranding events. |
$77,582 |
| FL |
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, Inc. |
Enhancement of the Response Time, Health Assessment and Disposition of Stranded Marine Mammals in the Panhandle of Florida. |
$99,730 |
| FL |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
Necropsy Training for Increasing Quality of Level A, B, and C Data Collection by the Southeast Cetacean Stranding Network |
$99,946 |
| FL |
Gulf World Inc |
Necropsy and Tissue Collections of Stranded Cetaceans Along the Gulf Coast |
$12,073 |
| FL |
Gulf World Inc |
A Request for Acquisition of Advanced Technology Diagnostic Equipment to Enhance Veterinary Medical Care for Stranded Cetaceans Along the Gulf Coast |
$63,825 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Marine Mammal Stranding Data Validation part 2 - Validation of cetacean stranding records from the southeastern United States from 1977 through 1995 |
$79,111 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Enhancing capacity for marine mammal stranding response and public education along the central east coast of Florida. |
$99,975 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
The evaluation of biotoxins, heavy metals and health trends in Indian River Lagoon dolphins following two Unusual Mortality Events. |
$99,906 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Development of a precise and accurate method to determine age of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glaciallis: a tool for assessing age-specific mortality and serious injury from vessel collision |
$99,763 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Basic Support for Operation of the Dolphin and Whale Hospital |
$100,000 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Rapid detection and response to cetacean mortalities in west central Florida and post-release tracking of rehabilitated cetaceans |
$100,000 |
| FL |
Nova Southeastern University, Inc. |
Organizing a Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network Workshop |
$44,193 |
| FL |
Nova Southeastern University, Inc. |
Proof of Concept: Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Kogia |
$55,127 |
| FL |
Nova Southeastern University, Inc. |
An Analysis of Oceanographic Factors Influencing Kogia Strandings in Florida |
$31,465 |
| FL |
The Florida Aquarium, Inc. |
Capacity Building of the Florida Aquarium Marine Mammal Stranding Team And Marine Mammal Stranding Interactive Exhibit |
$100,000 |
| FL |
University of Central Florida |
An Assessment of the Feeding Habits and Deep Ocean Ecology of Kogia sp. |
$81,706 |
| FL |
University of Florida Board of Trustees |
Comparative Morphology of Head and Neck Vasculature in Seals, Dolphins, and Manatees. |
$31,853 |
| GA |
GA Dept. of Natural Resources |
Enhance the GA Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
$45,000 |
| HI |
Hawaii Pacific University |
Improving the quality of stranding data collected in Hawaii and American Samoa |
$100,000 |
| HI |
University of Hawaii at Hilo |
Developing a Cetacean Rehabilitation Center in Hilo, Hawaii: Establishing Response Teams and Facilities for the Hawaiian Islands |
$99,994 |
| MA |
International Fund for Animal Welfare |
The Missing Link: Using Aging and Genetics to Better Understand and Interpret Stranding Data |
$99,781 |
| MA |
National Marine Life Center, Inc. |
Establishment of a Seal Rehabilitation Program on Cape Cod |
$99,999 |
| MA |
National Marine Life Center, Inc. |
Stranded Marine Mammal Veterinary Parasitology Diagnostic Service |
$99,984 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium Corporation |
Enhancing sample archiving, data management, and capacity for identifying emerging disease and stranding patterns. |
$99,970 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium Corporation |
A retrospective and prospective study of the occurrence of important communicable disease agents in the serum and tissues of harbor and grey seals stranded in the Northeast U.S. |
$99,500 |
| MA |
The Whale Center of New England |
Marine mammal strandings on Massachusetts' North Shore: enhancement of response, data quality, public education, and outreach |
$60,004 |
| MA |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
2009 Necropsy of NE Beached, Rehabilitated and Bycaught Stranded Marine Mammals |
$99,785 |
| MD |
Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
Enhanced Sample Collection and Analysis from Dead Stranded Marine Mammals in Maryland |
$67,259 |
| MD |
National Aquarium in Baltmore |
Support and Enhancement of the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Marine Animal Rescue Program, 2009 |
$72,440 |
| ME |
College of the Atlantic |
Maintenance and Enhancement of the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Midcoast/Downeast region of Maine, 2009-2010 |
$99,974 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Enhancement of Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Public Outreach in Maine |
$100,000 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Enhancement of Marine Mammal Response and Data Collection from Stranded Marine Mammals |
$90,000 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Improving Operational Capabilities and Information Distribution Through Enhanced Data Management at the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center |
$83,625 |
| ME |
University of New England |
The Enhancement of Cetacean Rehabilitation in Northern New England |
$100,000 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Assessing and Strengthening Husbandry and Quarantine Protocols, and Operational Support for the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center at the University of New England |
$99,999 |
| MS |
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies |
Enhancement of the quality of marine mammal stranding response, data collection, and tissue analysis in the Mississippi Sound and the adjacent waters of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico |
$84,524 |
| NC |
Duke University |
Using marine mammal strandings and observer data to estimate life history parameters and assess demographic impacts of marine fisheries on odontocete populations in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean |
$96,172 |
| NC |
North Carolina State University |
Maintaining marine mammal stranding response capacity in central North Carolina and transitioning to a new stranding response program |
$99,661 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
Building Stranding Capacity in Northern North Carolina |
$99,930 |
| NJ |
Marine Mammal Stranding Center |
Operational Support to Enhance Resources for Response, Treatment, and Data Collection from Living and Dead Stranded Marine Mammals Recovered in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania |
$100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Operational Support to Enhance Resources for Response, Treatment, and Data Collection from Living and Dead Stranded Marine Mammals Recovered in New York State |
$100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Regional Response Coordination: Development of a Specially Trained Animal Response Team (START) |
$100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Analysis of Telemetry Data from Rehabilitated Pinniped Species to Determine Rehabilitation Success in the Northeast Region |
$24,200 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
$99,993 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Laboratory analysis of serum cortisol, plasma ACTH, and fecal corticosterone in collaboration with: Evaluation of the use of circulatory eosinophilia in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) |
$59,225 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
Sustainable Response, Enhanced Data Collection, Analysis and Educational Outreach for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) |
$99,963 |
| PR |
Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources |
Training and improvement of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources' Marine Mammal Rescue Program |
$100,000 |
| SC |
Coastal Carolina University |
Historical prevalence of morbilliviruses from stranded cetaceans in South Carolina, 1994-2008 |
$99,908 |
| SC |
Coastal Carolina University |
Establishing the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network: Support for Stranding Response, Necropsies, Data Management, and Outreach |
$99,790 |
| SC |
Medical University of South Carolina |
Improving marine mammal stranding data analyses via sampling bias reduction |
$48,100 |
| TX |
Texas A&M Research Foundation |
Characterizing Ink and Inking in Pygmy Sperm Whales: An Investigation Kogia Digestive Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemical Composition of ???Ink??? |
$91,350 |
| TX |
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Support of Operations and Enhancement Needs for Response, Treatment, and Data Collection From Living and Dead Marine Mammals Stranding Along the Texas Coast |
$100,000 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. |
Supporting Expert Response to Stranded Marine Mammals in Virginia in 2010 |
$100,000 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. |
Collaborative Development of Stranded Cetacean Euthanasia Recommendations |
$99,978 |
| WA |
Cascadia Research Collective |
Examination of contaminant concentrations and trends in Washington marine mammals |
$99,986 |
| WA |
Cascadia Research Collective |
Stranding response in 2009-2011 for Southern Puget Sound, Central Washington Outer Coast, and all Washington (large cetaceans) |
$99,815 |
| WA |
Makah Tribe |
Investigations of Marine Mammal Strandings on the Makah Indian Reservation |
$27,500 |
| WA |
Orca Network |
Enhanced stranding response, post-mortem examination, and diagnostics of stranded marine mammals in Central Puget Sound, Washington |
$93,070 |
| WA |
The Whale Museum |
Response and post-mortem evaluation of marine mammals stranded in San Juan County, Washington |
$78,971 |
| WA |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
WDFW 2009 Prescott Marine Mammal Stranding Response |
$100,000 |
| WA |
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center |
Advancement of Pinniped Rehabilitation Program: treatment, facility upgrades, training, data & tissue collection and analysis, post-release monitoring. |
$92,909 |
