Research Activities Funded in Year 2

Surveillance and Monitoring

Hawaiian Islands Marine Debris Aerial Imagery Surveys
Principal Investigator: Brian Neilson (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)

Webcam monitoring in the research project “Effect of Marine Debris Caused by the Great Tsunami of 2011” - Year 2
Principal Investigator: Atsuhiko Isobe (Kyushu University)

Modeling

Modeling by Japan Group in the PICES-Moe Project
Principal Investigator: Masafumi Kamachi (JMA/MRI)

Modeling studies in support of research on impact of alien species transported by marine debris from the 2011 Great Tohoku Tsunami in Japan (Year 2)
Principal Investigator: Nikolai Maximenko (University of Hawaii)

Risk from Invasion

Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) and Alien Species Invasions: PICES Year 2: Continued Interception of Non-Native Species on JTMD and Detection in North America to Understand Invasion Risk
Principal Investigators: James T. Carlton (Williams College), John W. Chapman (Oregon State University), Jonathan Geller (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories), Gregory Ruiz (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

Marine Algae arriving on JTMD (Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris) and their invasion threat to the coasts of Oregon and Washington, USA, Year 2.
Principal Investigator: Gayle I. Hansen (Oregon State University)

Development of life history database for Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) biota
Principal Investigator: Jessica Miller (Oregon State University)

Development of life history database for JMTD-associated NIS
Principal Investigator: Michio Otani (Osaka Museum of Natural History)

Surveillance, Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Marine Debris from the 2011 Great Tohoku Tsunami in Japan
Principal Investigator: Cathryn Clarke Murray (PICES)