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Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Petaluma, CA

$10,659,153

Total funding

15

Grants

Funding over time

peak $4.9M · FY2005–22

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Funding mix

By agency

NSF$7,027,811 · 8

DOD$2,101,868 · 4

NASA$1,529,474 · 3

By mechanism

—$10,659,153 · 15

Investigators at Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Investigator-initiated All funding

Investigatorsi

Rising Stars

First grant in the last 5 yrs

Not enough data

Emerging Leaders

6–10 yrs in

Not enough data

All-Time

Most funded here, all years

Not enough data

Largest grants

COLLABORATIVE: Population Growth at the Southern Extreme: Effects of Early Life Conditions on Adelie penguin Individuals and Colonies$4,376,748

· FY2020 · GEO

BASE NR SEABIRDS VAFB$1,813,158

· FY2019 · Department of the Army

A Full Lifecycle Approach to Understanding Adélie Penguin Response to Changing Pack Ice Conditions in the Ross Sea.$1,085,890

· FY2016 · GEO

Does Nest Density Matter? Using Novel Technology to Collect Whole-colony Data on Adelie Penguins$607,242

· FY2019 · GEO

21-WATER21-2-0137 FROM 2D-3D: LEVERAGING SPACE-BASED SENSORS TO TRACK WATER DEPTH AND VOLUME IN WETLANDS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA$530,393

· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE DISPROPORTIONATELY TO GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES BUT ARE HIGHLY THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT AND UNSUSTAINABLE WATER USE. IN ARID SEMI-ARID AND MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS LANDSCAPE-SCALE CONSERVATION REQUIRES PROTECTION MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE CONNECTIVITY OF DYNAMIC WETLAND HABITATS THROUGH SURFACE WATER WHICH IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND HUMAN-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT. WATER SUPPLY AND ITS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT ARE CRITICAL TO WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE IN THESE ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS MANY FOUND IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. DECISION SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS IS NEEDED TO BALANCE COMPETING NEEDS. MANAGERS MUST MOVE BEYOND PATCH-BASED MANAGEMENT TO A NETWORK FOCUS BY INCLUDING CONNECTIVITY AS A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE PROPERTY. FURTHERMORE DUE TO THE INTENSE COMPETITION FOR WATER MANAGERS NEED TO MAKE WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR HUMAN POPULATIONS. CALIFORNIA S CENTRAL VALLEY IS A SEMI-ARID REGION THAT IS A NEXUS FOR WATER RESOURCES. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY S NATURALLY OCCURRING WETLANDS HAVE BEEN LOST AND FRAGMENTED DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC ALTERATIONS OF THE LANDSCAPE YET THE CENTRAL VALLEY REMAINS A CRITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS AND FRESHWATER DEPENDENT AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL SPECIES THROUGH A SYSTEM OF MANAGED WETLANDS AND POST-HARVEST FLOODED AGRICULTURE. BALANCING MULTIPLE NEEDS WITH WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND MAINTAINING HABITAT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES REQUIRES DATA FOR OPTIMIZATION THAT ONLY SATELLITE-BASED EARTH OBSERVATIONS CAN PROVIDE. SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION CAN USE THESE DATA TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT LANDSCAPE-SCALE DECISIONMAKING TO MEET MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES IN THE FACE OF GREAT UNCERTAINTY AND MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS. OUR PROPOSED PROJECT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARTH OBSERVATION TIME-SERIES AND BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TO HELP FORECAST AND PRIORITIZE WHERE TO PUT WATER AND WHEN TO OPTIMIZE MULTIPLE-BENEFITS ACROSS THE LARGE MOSAIC OF CALIFORNIA S CENTRAL VALLEY CROPLANDS AND WETLANDS; A SPATIAL EXTENT REQUIRED FOR THE WIDE-RANGING ECOLOGY OF MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS. WE WILL ASSESS HABITAT CONNECTIVITY AND ITS INFLUENCES ON MULTIPLE TAXA AS IT CHANGES OVER TIME WITHIN A YEAR AND UNDER FUTURE SCENARIOS. REMOTE-SENSING IS REQUIRED TO GUIDE DECISION-MAKING AND WILL SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR COORDINATED LARGE-SCALE WATER AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. TO FULLY SUPPORT OUR DECISION-MAKING COLLABORATORS WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REGULAR RETURN INTERVAL OF SATELLITE DATA AND STATE-OF-THE-ART BIOINFORMATICS TO DEVELOP A WEB-BASED DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK THAT CAN COMPILE AND EVALUATE THE DATA DEVELOPED FROM THIS PROJECT AND PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES THROUGH TIME. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND USE MULTI-ANNUAL FORECASTS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS (50 YEARS) OF THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL AVAILABILITY OF WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND AND OPEN WATER DEPENDENT SPECIES CONNECTIVITY BIODIVERSITY AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE TO PRIORITIZE AND STRATEGICALLY CREATE WETLAND HABITAT ON THE LANDSCAPE AS PART OF LARGE-SCALE COORDINATED CONSERVATION USING A DECISION-SUPPORT APPLICATION. INTEGRATING THE WATER AND WETLAND HABITAT FORECAST MODELS WITH SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH A SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK WILL PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR IMPROVED COORDINATED LANDSCAPE-SCALE CONSERVATION DECISIONS THAT OPTIMIZE ACROSS MULTIPLE BENEFITS.$510,540

· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

AS ONE OF THE HARSHEST AND MOST REMOTE REGIONS ON THE PLANET THE ROSS SEA ANTARCTICA HAS PROVED DIFFICULT TO STUDY ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER. CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REGION BEING AMONG THE LAST REMAINING LARGE INTACT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS WITH GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT POPULATIONS OF APEX PREDATORS INCLUDING SEALS WHALES AND PENGUINS. DUE TO ITS IMPORTANCE MUCH OF THE REGION WAS DESIGNATED FOR PROTECTION AS THE ROSS SEA REGION MARINE PROTECTED AREA (RSRMPA) IN 2016 BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (CCAMLR). IT IS THE LARGEST MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN THE WORLD WITH A CENTRAL GOAL OF PROTECTING THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM AND STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. AD LIE PENGUINS BREEDING ON ROSS ISLAND IN THE SOUTHWEST ROSS SEA ARE KNOWN TO MIGRATE AND WINTER OVER AN AREA THAT INCLUDES THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ROSS SEA REGION. THIS FACT ALONG WITH THEIR POSITION NEAR THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN MAKES AD LIES IDEAL SENTINELS FOR MONITORING ECOSYSTEM CHANGE AT BROAD SCALES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. INDEED AD LIE PENGUINS ARE CONSIDERED A KEY INDICATOR SPECIES BY THE CCAMLR ECOSYSTEM MONITORING PROGRAM. THE WINTER PERIOD ENCOMPASSES NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE ADELIE PENGUIN ANNUAL CYCLE YET VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR ECOLOGICAL NEEDS DURING THE WINTER BLACK BOX. THIS LACK OF INFORMATION MEANS THAT WINTER HABITAT USE OF AD LIE PENGUINS AND OTHER PREDATORS WAS LARGELY UNACCOUNTED FOR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RSRMPA. HOWEVER RECENT ADVANCES IN ANIMAL-BORNE BIO-LOGGERS AS WELL AS IN NASA S REMOTE SENSING DATA PRODUCTS MEANS OPENING UP THE WINTER BLACK-BOX IN THE ROSS SEA IS NOW WITHIN REACH. OUR PRIMARY RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ARE TO: 1) ASSESS THE DEPENDENCE OF ROSS SEA AD LIE PENGUIN MIGRATION ON SEA ICE MOVEMENTS AND THE STRENGTH OF OCEAN CURRENTS (THE ROSS GYRE); 2) IDENTIFY IMPORTANT FORAGING AREAS AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR ROSS SEA AD LIE PENGUINS DURING THE AUSTRAL WINTER; AND 3) ASSESS WHETHER THE RSRMPA GENERAL PROTECTION ZONE (WHICH WILL BE UNFISHED) INCLUDES IMPORTANT PENGUIN WINTER FORAGING HABITAT BOUNDARIES AND ZONES ESPECIALLY COMPARED WITH ADJACENT AREAS THAT WILL RECEIVE DIFFERING DEGREES OF FISHING INTENSITY. LEVERAGING EXISTING EFFORTS TRACKING WINTERING AD LIE PENGUINS THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT WILL CONNECT PENGUIN LOCATION AND DIVING DATA DATA WITH NASA-DERIVED REMOTELY-SENSED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROSS GYRE SEA ICE MOVEMENT LOCATION OF POLYNYAS (AREAS OF PERSISTENT OPEN WATER) AND OTHER SEA ICE AND OCEAN HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS. THESE DATA WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP ECOLOGICAL MODELS OF WINTER HABITAT USE AND ASSESS HOW PENGUINS MAY ADJUST THEIR MIGRATION AND FORAGING PATTERNS TO COPE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC VARIABILITY. OUR PROJECT ADDRESSES TWO TARGETS UNDER THE U.N. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG): TARGET 14.2: TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS TO AVOID SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS INCLUDING BY STRENGTHENING THEIR RESILIENCE (...) TO ACHIEVE HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE OCEANS AND TARGET 14.5: TO CONSERVE AT LEAST 10 PERCENT OF COASTAL AND MARINE AREAS (...) BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. BY FILLING KEY ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS FOR AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR SPECIES THIS PROJECT WILL INFORM MORE EFFECTIVE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF THE RSRMPA (SDG INDICATOR 14.2.1) IMPROVING EFFICACY OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM INCLUDING FOR OTHER TOP PREDATORS LIKE SEALS AND WHALES. OUR PROJECT MEETS NASA INTERESTS IN UTILIZING REMOTELY SENSED DATA TO INCREASE NATIONAL CAPABILITIES TO PREDICT NATURAL HAZARDS TO MANAGE RESOURCES USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES AND TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE FROM THESE DATA TO INFORM ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.$488,541

· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

COLLABORATIVE: Geographic Structure of Adelie Penguin Colonies - Demography of Population Change$480,637

· FY2005 · GEO

Computing and Infrastructure Enhancements at the Palomarin Field Station$169,234

· FY2006 · BIO

MODELING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIRDS AND VEGETATION ON MILITARY LANDS$149,094

· FY2010 · Department of the Army

NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research - P2P: Predators to Plankton - Biophysical Controls in Antarctic Polynyas$128,716

· FY2022 · GEO

SEABIRDS,VANDENBERG, AFB, CA$117,443

· FY2018 · Department of the Army

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Penguin Foraging Reveals Phytoplankton Spatial Structure in the Ross Sea$109,733

· FY2012 · GEO

Collaborative Research: Determining Factors Affecting Distribution and Population Variability of the Ice-obligate Weddell Seal$69,611

· FY2016 · GEO

ECOSYSTEM BASED MANAGEMENT AND APEX PREDATORS IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM (ROPO)$22,173

· FY2009 · Department of the Navy