2004 Principal Investigators & Projects
U.S. Proposals
Cathy Cahill University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Atmospheric Aerosols over the Bering & Chukchi Seas
Jackie Grebmeier and Lee Cooper, University of Tennessee
Benthic Processes & Ecosystem Change in the Northern Bering & Chukchi Seas
Russell Hopcroft and Ksenia Kosobokova University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow
A Census of Arctic Zooplankton Communities
Katrin Iken and Bodil Bluhm, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Arctic Epibenthic Community Structure & Benthic Food Web Structure
Brenda Norcross and Brenda Holladay, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Fisheries Ecology of the Bering & Chukchi Sea
Robert Pickart, Andrey Proshutinsky, Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Flow of Pacific Water Through the Western Chukchi: Dynamics and Biological Implications
David Stein, Catherine Mecklenberg, Natalia Chernova and Boris Sheiko, NOAA, Pt. Stevens Research, and Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Biodiversity of Adult Fish
Thomas Weingartner , University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Bering Strait: The Pacific-Arctic Ocean Connection
Terry Whitledge University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Interactions of Productivity & Nutrient Processes in the Northern Bering & Chukchi Seas
Russian Proposals
Anatoly S. Astakhov (PI), A.Svininnikov, M.Ivanov, V. Sattarova, B. Li. Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS
Investigation of Gas and Water (Cold and Hot Vents on the Piips Volcano
Discovery and investigation of gas and water seeps from sedimentary basins in permafrost degradation regions of the Bering and Chukchi Seas
Cherkashov, G. (PI), Soloviev, A. Krylov, V. Petrova, L. Mazurenko L.L., O. Kijko. VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA, St. Petersburg
Study of hydrothermal activity and related geological and biological objects and processes on the Piips volcano, Bering Sea.
Glacial history of the Chukchi borderland
Study of gas hydrate accumulations associated with fluid discharge areas in the Bering and Chukchi seas
Russell R. Hopcroft, (PI) Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ksenia Kosobokova, Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Moscow,
A Census of Arctic Zooplankton Communities
Mikhail Ivanov (PI, academician), N. Pimenov, A. Lein, A. Savvichev and I. Rusanov (Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Microbiological and biogeochemical aspects of the carbon and sulfur cycles in the water column and bottom sediments of the Bering and Chuckchi Seas
B.I. Sirenko. (PI) S.G. Denissenko, V.V. Petrjashev, S.Ju. Gagaev, A.A. Golikov, A.V. Smirnov, E.L. Markhaseva. Zoological Institute RAS (St. Petersburg)
Fauna of the Chukchi and Bering Seas and their dynamics.
Igor Lavrenov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Roshydromet, St. Petersburg
Monitoring flux in the Western Bering Strait, Russian Mooring operations