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BBSR
2004 Annual Report

Table of Contents

From the Helm

Environmental Change

Microscopic Life

Feast or Famine

Natural Disasters

Advancing Education

The Search for Clean Air

The Coral Reef Crisis

Immersion Courses

Protecting the Environment

Honor Roll of Donors

Financial Highlights

Research Programs

Publications

Education Programs

Seminars and Lectures

Board of Trustees

BBSR Staff

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Research Programs 2004

Air Quality Program
Drs AJ Peters, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

Analyzing and Modeling Interannual Variability in the Carbon Cycle of the Subtropical and Subpolar Gyres
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Drs N Gruber, H Brix, University of California, Los Angeles
Funding: NSF

Assessment of Reef Fish Populations in Bermuda's Marine Protected Areas
Drs SR Smith, S Paterson, J Pitt, R Jones, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Pew Charitable Trusts, Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Bermuda Government

Atmospheric Iron Inputs to the Sargasso Sea: Temporal Variability and Impact on Iron Distribution in the Upper Ocean
Dr P Sedwick, BBSR
Dr T Church, University of Delaware
Funding: NSF

Baseline Surface Radiation Network
Dr AJ Peters, BBSR
Funding: NOAA

The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study, Years 16-20
Drs AH Knap, NR Bates, MW Lomas, BBSR
Funding: NSF

The Bermuda Bio-Optics Project (BBOP): Activities in Bermuda
Drs N Nelson, DA Siegel, University of California, Santa Barbara
Funding: NASA

Bermuda Inshore Water Quality and Seawater Temperature Monitoring Programs
Drs R Jones, MW Lomas, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

Beyond Chlorophyll: Using Ocean Color to Study Biochemical Processes in the Sargasso Sea
Dr N Nelson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Funding: NASA

Biodiversity, Systematics and Ecology of Marine Annelid Worms of Bermuda's Beaches
Dr KA Coates, BBSR
Dr B Healy, University College Dublin
E Culpepper, James Madison University and BBSR NSF-REU student
Funding: Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, B Healy, NSF-REU

CARICOMP – Long-term Monitoring of Bermuda's Coral Reefs
Drs R Jones, S de Putron, J Pitt, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

Castle Harbour Coral Reef Monitoring Program
Drs R Jones, S de Putron, J Pitt, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

CephSchool
Dr JB Wood, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Collaborative Research on Bacterioplankton Biology and Biogeochemistry at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Station: An Oceanic Microbial Observatory
Dr C Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr S Giovannoni, Oregon State University
Funding: NSF

Collaborative Research: Impacts of Eddies and Mixing on Plankton Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Sargasso Sea
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Dr P Falkowski, Rutgers
Dr DA Hansell, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Drs D McGillicuddy, KO Buesseler, C Davis, JR Ledwell, WJ Jenkins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr DA Siegel, University of California, Santa Barbara
Funding: NSF

Collaborative Research: Large Losses from the Carbon Budgets of Scleractinian (Hard) Corals: Quantifying Seasonal Patterns for Future Studies of the Impact of Global Change
Profs J Sharp, J Ossolinski, University of Delaware
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Funding: University of Delaware

Collaborative Research: Time-series Measurement of Dimethylsulfide Dynamics at BATS
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Drs J Dacey, D Toole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Funding: NSF

Collaborative Research: Using Geochemical Tracers to Characterize the Effects of Wintertime Episodic Nutrient Inputs on Biological Activity in the Sargasso Sea
Dr MW Lomas, BBSR
Dr WJ Jenkins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Funding: NSF

Constraining the Temporal Resolution and Geochronology of Holocene Sediment Records from the Antarctic Continental Shelf
Dr P Sedwick, BBSR
Dr E Domack, Hamilton College
Dr G McMurtry, University of Hawaii
Funding: NSF

Coral Reef Calcification and Response to Changing Seawater Chemistry
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Dr A Amat, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Funding: Exxon Mobil Corporation

Development of Coral Ecotoxicology Facility
Dr R Jones, BBSR
Funding: Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

Distribution of Pesticides and Hydrocarbons in Bermuda Groundwaters
Drs R Jones, AJ Peters, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

The Effect of Mesoscale Eddy Perturbations on Microbial Processes and Community Structure in the Sargasso Sea
Dr C Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Funding: NSF

Elevated N* in the Western Sargasso Sea: Local or Non-local Origin?
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Dr DA Hansell, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Funding: NSF

Enhanced New Production During Winter Mixing: A Missing Component of Current Estimates
Drs MW Lomas, NR Bates, F Lipschultz, BBSR
Dr DM Nelson, Oregon State University
Funding: NSF

Expansion of a Seawater Facility for Marine Organisms at BBSR
Drs HG Trapido-Rosenthal, AH Knap,  MW Lomas, S Sarkis, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Field Assessment of Coral Reef Ecosystems: Development and Implementation of Diagnostic Assays to Assess Pollutant Impacts on Corals and Coral Health
Drs R Owen, HG Trapido-Rosenthal, AH Knap, BBSR
Dr C Woodley, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Funding: The Ocean Fund, The Bermuda Government, NOAA

A Genomics-based Inventory of Bermuda's Marine Environment
Dr HG Trapido-Rosenthal, BBSR
Funding: Diversa Corporation

Impacts of Eddies on Zooplankton Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Open Ocean
Dr D Steinberg, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary
Funding: NSF

Integrated Studies on Bermuda Seagrass Meadows
Drs KA Coates, J Pitt, BBSR
J Ward, Dr S Manuel, A Nash, Bermuda Department of Conservation Services
Dr A Glasspool, T Murdoch, Bermuda Biodiversity Project, Bermuda Zoological Society
Dr W Sterrer, J Grey, Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo
Dr PAG Barnes, Malaspina University
Dr J Fourqurean, Florida International University
Funding: Bermuda Department of Conservation Services

Interannual Variability of the Carbon Cycle in the North Atlantic Ocean
Drs NR Bates, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: Exxon Mobil Corporation

Iron and Light Effects on Phaeocystis Antarctica Isolates from the Ross Sea
Dr P Sedwick, BBSR
Dr J DiTullio, University of Charleston
Funding: NSF

Land-based Sources of Marine Pollution Program
Drs R Jones, AH Knap, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

Marine Microbial Imaging: Acquisition of Flow and Imaging Cytometers for the Analysis of Marine Particles at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.
Drs MW Lomas, AH Knap, HG Trapido-Rosenthal, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Molecular Biodiversity in Gorgonian-Zooxanthellae Symbioses of Bermuda
Drs HG Trapido-Rosenthal, KA Coates, BBSR
Funding: National Coral Reef Institute

A Molecular Genetic System for Identification of the Saxitoxin Genes
Dr FG Plumley, BBSR
Funding: NOAA

Molecular and Morphological Phylogenies of Branchiobdellid Clitellates (Crayfish Worms)
Dr KA Coates, J Bilewitch, BBSR and University of Toronto
Dr S Gelder, University of Maine

Monitoring the Effects of the Hungry Bay Sewage Outfall Site
Dr R Jones, BBSR
Funding: The Corporation of Hamilton

Monitoring Program for Artificial Ash Reefs and the Bulk Waste and Ash Block Disposal Site in Castle Harbour
Drs R Jones, S de Putron, J Pitt, BBSR
Funding: The Bermuda Government

Oceanographic Technical Services 2003-2005
R/V Weatherbird II
Dr NR Bates, Capt CL Black, BBSR
Funding: NSF

The Panulirus Hydrographic Stations, Year 52
Drs AH Knap, R Johnson, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Population Structure, Dynamics and Reproductive Patterns of Cittarium pica, the West Indian Top Snail in Bermuda
Drs KA Coates, J Woods, BBSR
Dr A Glasspool and student interns, Bermuda Biodiversity Project
J Madeiros, Bermuda Department of Conservation Services
E Meyer, Rutgers University
Funding: Bermuda Biodiversity Project, Bermuda Zoological Society

Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Open-ocean and Subtropical Marine Research Experiences for Undergraduates at BBSR
Drs HG Trapido-Rosenthal, MW Lomas, KA Coates, R Owen, BBSR
Funding: NSF

The Risk Prediction Initiative
Drs AH Knap, R Murnane, BBSR
Funding: Aspen Insurance Limited, AXIS Specialty Limited, Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd, PartnerRe, Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd, Risk Management Solutions, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Swiss Reinsurance Company, XL Re Ltd

Sampling and Analysis of Iron, an International Collaboration
Dr P Sedwick, BBSR
Dr K Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium  Research Institute
Dr J Wu, University of Alaska
Funding: NSF

Ship Operations
R/V Weatherbird II
Dr NR Bates, Capt CL Black, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Squid Tagging
Dr JB Wood, BBSR
Funding: Supplies Donated by Northwest Technologies, NSF-REU

Symposium on "The New Microscopy: New Characters and the Importance of Morphology in Phylogenetic Analysis"
Dr KA Coates, BBSR
Dr R Dewel, Appalachian State University
Dr J Norenburg, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Funding: NSF, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, American Microscopical Society

Times-series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea
Dr MH Conte, BBSR
Funding: NSF

Transport, Modifications and Fluxes of Carbon and Nitrogen in the Western Arctic Ocean: A Contribution to the SBI Project, Phase II
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Dr DA Hansell, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Funding: NSF

Upgrade and Operation of a Marine Atmospheric Sampling Facility at Tudor Hill, Bermuda
Drs AH Knap, P Sedwick, BBSR
Dr H Maring, University of Miami
Funding: NSF

The US Network of VOS Surface pCO2 Sampling
Dr NR Bates, BBSR
Dr R Freely, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Dr FJ Millero, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Dr T Takahashi, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dr R Wanninkhof, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Funding: NOAA

Workbook and Workshop on Taxonomy, Systematics and Ecology of the Freshwater and Estuarine Oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) of Florida
Dr KA Coates, BBSR
MJ Wetzel, Illinois Natural History Survey
Dr RD Kathman, Tennessee
SV Fend, US Geological Survey
Funding: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Workshop on the Feasibility of Integrated Studies on Bermuda Seagrass Meadows
Dr KA Coates, BBSR
Funding: Bermuda Ministry of the Environment's Environmental Grant Scheme, Department of Conservation Services


Graduate Research Programs 2004


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