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Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

East Boothbay, ME

$102,390,188

Total funding

185

Grants

Funding over time

peak $10.2M · FY2005–25

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Funding mix

By agency

NSF$81,217,719 · 147

NASA$16,561,960 · 30

DOE$2,609,595 · 3

DOD$2,000,914 · 5

By mechanism

—$102,390,188 · 185

Investigators at Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

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Largest grants

RII Track-2 FEC: Single Cell Genome-to-Phenome: Integrating Genome and Phenome Analyses of Individual Microbial Cells in Complex Microbiomes$6,589,587

· FY2018 · O/D

E-RISE RII: Maine Algal Research Infrastructure and Accelerator$4,221,501

· FY2024 · O/D

Equipment: Equipment: MRI: Track 2, Acquisition of a high-throughput workflow for environmental single cell genomics$2,705,882

· FY2025 · GEO

NEW COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES, DE-FOA-0002989 ((SEA CO2) CONTROL #2989-1519 PROJECT TITLE: ''MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION OF ZOOPLANKTON-MEDIATED EXPORT PATHWAYS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION'' WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY WILL DEVELOP A REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL THAT INCLUDES VERTICAL TRANSPORT OF CARBON VIA DVM AND OVM. USING OPTICAL DATASETS FROM EIGHT UNIQUE LOCATIONS, WE WILL GENERALIZE RELATIONSHIPS OF VERTICAL MIGRATION BEHAVIOR WITH ZOOPLANKTON SIZE AND TRANSPARENCY. THESE RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT A 1-D ZOOPLANKTON CARBON TRANSPORT MODEL THAT WILL INFORM DVM AND OVM PARAMETERIZATIONS IN A REALISTIC 3-D REGIONAL PHYSICAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL IDEALLY SUITED FOR MCDR APPLICATIONS (ROMS-MARBL).$2,279,867

· FY2025 · Department of Energy

AccelNet-Implementation: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator (COBRA)$2,156,626

· FY2021 · O/D

NSF Convergence Accelerator Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications: Innovative approach to monitor methane emissions from livestock using an advanced gravimetric microsensor$1,999,584

· FY2025 · TIP

Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton$1,915,968

· FY2005 · BIO

Collaborative research: Untangling the Deep Genealogy of Microbial Dark Matter$1,836,781

· FY2014 · BIO

Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton$1,812,264

· FY2000 · BIO

LSCBR: The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton$1,807,672

· FY2010 · BIO

Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE), Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles (CBC): Complex Molecular to Global Interactions and Feedbacks in the Marine Dimethylsulfide (DMS) Cycle$1,716,238

· FY2003 · GEO

Collaborative Research: ITR: Interactive Software Systems for Expert-Assisted Image Analysis and Classification of Aquatic Particles$1,555,516

· FY2003 · GEO

Collaborative Research: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean$1,434,692

· FY2017 · GEO

Collaborative Research: RedToL -- Phylogenetic and Genomic Approaches to Reconstructing the Red Algal (Rhodophyta) Tree of Life$1,360,652

· FY2009 · BIO

CARBON CYCLING WITHIN COASTAL CONTINENTAL MARGINS IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT TO THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE. COASTAL OCEANS CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TOTAL MARINE PRODUCTIVITY ACROSS THE GLOBE (OR ABOUT 16 PG (1PG =1E15G)). THEY RECEIVE ABOUT 1PG FROM TERRESTRIAL DISCHARGE VIA RIVERS. THEY CONTRIBUTE ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL GLOBAL OCEAN NEW PRODUCTION (3.6PG). THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS YET WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHETHER COASTAL MARGINS ARE NET SOURCES OR SINKS FOR CARBON. THERE ARE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE CARBON CYCLE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC) PARTICULATE INORGANIC CARBON (PIC) DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC) AND DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC). THE FIRST THREE CARBON FRACTIONS (POC PIC AND DOC) CAN BE ESTIMATED USING OPTICAL PROXIES WHILE THE FOURTH (DIC ASSOCIATED WITH OCEAN ACIDIFICATION) IS BEST MEASURED CHEMICALLY. THERE ARE FEW COASTAL TIME SERIES THAT ASSESS ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS. THIS PROPOSAL IS A SUCCESSOR PROPOSAL FOR THE GULF OF MAINE NORTH ATLANTIC TIME SERIES (GNATS) AN 18-YEAR TRANSECT TIME SERIES ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE (GOM) USING FERRIES SMALL RESEARCH VESSELS AND GLIDERS TO MEASURE ALL FOUR PARTS OF THE CARBON CYCLE. DURING SEVERAL ANOMALOUSLY WET YEARS GNATS DOCUMENTED SOME FUNDAMENTAL SHIFTS IN THE GOM SUCH AS SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN PRIMARY PRODUCTION (ASSOCIATED WITH POC AND PIC PRODUCTION) AND THE APPEARANCE OF UNEXPECTED HIGHLY SCATTERING PARTICLES<0.2UM DIAMETER (HENCE DOC) WELL OUT TO SEA. WE HAVE ALSO OBSERVED WINTER DIC CONCENTRATIONS ACROSS THE GOM LOW ENOUGH THAT THE ENTIRE GOM CAN SHOW LOW ARAGONITE SATURATION VALUES<1.6 LEVELS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE INHIBITORY TO CALCIFICATION BY CERTAIN MARINE ORGANISMS. HERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO (A) CONTINUE THE GNATS FOR THREE YEARS WITH EIGHT CRUISES PER YEAR (SIX ABOARD A COMMERCIAL FERRY AND TWO ABOARD A SMALL RESEARCH VESSEL) FOCUSING ON THE FOUR PARTS OF THE GOM CARBON CYCLE (B) FURTHER VALIDATE SATELLITE OCEAN-COLOR SENSORS FOR RADIANCE AND OTHER PRODUCTS IN THIS COMPLEX OPTICAL ENVIRONMENT (C) MAKE GNATS INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATORY BY TESTING A RANGE OF HYPOTHESES ON CHANGING PRODUCTIVITY AND THE SOURCE OF SUBMICRON SCATTERING PARTICLES (D) CONSTRUCT CARBON CYCLE MODELS OF THE GOM BASED ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES AND ALLOMETRIC SCALING PERFORMING MODEL INTERCOMPARISON AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING USING THE MODELS AND (E) CONTINUE A COLLABORATION IN WHICH WE ARE DEPLOYING AN ABOVE-WATER LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING) FROM THE GNATS ASSESSING THE LIDAR'S ABILITY TO PROFILE OPTICAL PROPERTIES DEEPER THAN ONE OPTICAL DEPTH. WE INCLUDE PREVIOUS RESULTS DEMONSTRATING THAT WE CAN TRACK WATER MASSES USING TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY THEN DOCUMENT CO-VARYING CHANGES IN POC (BASED ON AN OPTICAL PROXY TO PARTICLE BACKSCATTERING) OXYGEN AND CHLOROPHYLL IN THESE WATER MASSES; THESE ALLOW THE ESTIMATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP) AND NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTION. WE ALSO SHOW HOW ALLOMETRIC SCALING MODELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THESE ESTIMATIONS. WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDS TO UPGRADE ONE OF OUR SLOCUM GLIDERS TO CARRY A SUNA NITRATE SENSOR THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MORE ACCURATELY ESTIMATE NITRATE DEPLETION AND NPP. THESE GLIDER RESULTS WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER DISCERN AND QUANTIFY WHETHER THE GOM IS A NET SOURCE OR SINK FOR CARBON. ALONG WITH A WHOLE HOST OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES GNATS PROVIDES CRITICAL INSIGHTS ABOUT THE MAJOR PROCESSES AFFECTING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARBON CYCLE IN THIS TEMPERATE COASTAL REGION: CHANGES IN PRODUCTIVITY HYDROGRAPHY PHYTOPLANKTON FUNCTIONAL GROUPS LAND-SEA CARBON TRANSPORT CAUSED BY MAJOR RIVERINE FLOOD EVENTS AND DROUGHTS PLUS POTENTIAL CHANGES DUE TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. SUCH RESULTS WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS TO OTHER TEMPERATE COASTAL ZONES AROUND THE GLOBE. SIMPLY PUT A SUSTAINED COMBINED MEASUREMENT AND MODELING APPROACH SUCH AS THE KIND WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS THE OPTIMAL WAY FOR NASA TO PREDICT CHANGES TO ALL FOUR PARTS OF THE MARINE CARBON CYCLE AS A FUNCTION OF LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE IN THIS COMPLEX COASTAL Z$1,328,402

· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ocean Acidification: Influence of Ocean Acidification on Biotic Controls of DMS Emissions$1,305,456

· FY2013 · GEO

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE ARABIAN SEATHE RECENT TREND OF DECLINING WINTER AND SPRING SNOW COVER OVER EURASIA IS CAUSING$1,282,415

· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collaborative Research: The O-Buoy Network of Chemical Sensors in the Arctic Ocean$1,075,619

· FY2010 · GEO

Ocean Acidification - Effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps$999,956

· FY2012 · GEO

Unlocking the Mysteries of Plastid Origin Through Comparative Genomic Analysis of Two Paulinella Species$993,911

· FY2008 · BIO