Natural Resources

SERDP and ESTCP are developing and demonstrating the science, tools, and techniques needed to sustainably manage natural resources.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Toxicological Effects of Smokes and Obscurants on Aquatic Threatened and Endangered Species

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1332
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Cropek, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Nov 2008

An Integrated Approach to Understand Relationships between Shallow Water Benthic Community Structure and Ecosystem Function

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1335
Principal Investigator: Dr. Linda Schaffner, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
SERDP Nov 2008

Maximizing Sampling Efficiency and Minimizing Uncertainty in Presence/Absence Classification of Rare Salamander Populations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1393
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2008

Spatially-Explicit Assessments of Genetic Biodiversity and Dispersal in Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) for Evaluation of Habitat Fragmentation at DoD Sites

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1470
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Theodorakis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
SERDP Oct 2008

A Novel Approach to Managing Invasive Termite Species Using Genetically Engineered Bacteria

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1467
Principal Investigator: Dr. Claudia Husseneder, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
SERDP Jul 2008

Integrated Control and Assessment of Knapweed and Cheatgrass on DoD Installations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1145
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Paschke, Colorado State University
SERDP Feb 2008

Bioavailability of Allelochemicals in Soil

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1468
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Grossl, Utah State University
SERDP Feb 2008

Application of Hyperspectral Techniques to Monitoring and Management of Invasive Weed Infestation

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1143
Principal Investigator: Dr. Susan Ustin, University of California
SERDP Jan 2008

Development of an Adaptive Framework for Management of Military Operations in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions to Minimize Watershed and Instream Impacts from Non-Point Source Pollution

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1340
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Wigmosta, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2007

Miniature and Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1466
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yordan Kostov, University of Maryland Baltimore County
SERDP Oct 2007

Trading Habitat Patches for the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: Incorporating the Role of Landscape Structure and Uncertainty in Decision Making

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1469
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Jones, Michigan State University
SERDP Jun 2007

Analysis of Biophysical, Optical and Genetic Diversity of DoD Coral Reef Communities Using Advanced Fluorescence and Molecular Biology Techniques

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1334
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Falkowski, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
SERDP May 2007

Application of MALDI-MS to Identification of Phytoplankton in Ballast Water

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1248
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dana Woodruff, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Apr 2007

Methods for Assessing the Impact of Fog Oil on Availability, Palatability, and Food Quality of Relevant Life Stages of Insect Food Sources for Threatened and Endangered Species

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1262
Principal Investigator: Mr. Dennis Strenge, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
SERDP Apr 2007

Acoustic Response and Detection of Marine Mammals Using an Advanced Digital Acoustic Recording Tag

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1188
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Tyack, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Oct 2006

Development of Bioacoustic Tools for Long-Term, Non-Invasive Monitoring of Threatened and Endangered Birds

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1392
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brenda McCowan, University of California, Davis
SERDP Jul 2006

Harmful Algae, Bacteria, and Fauna Transported by DoD Vessels

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1244
Principal Investigator: Dr. JoAnn Burkholder, North Carolina State University
SERDP Jul 2005

Characterization of Aquatic Non-Indigenous Species for Department of Defense Vessels

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1245
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Holm, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division
SERDP Jul 2005

Acoustic and Visual Monitoring for Marine Mammals at the Navy's Southern California Off-Shore Range

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1189
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Hildebrand, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
SERDP Feb 2005

Exotic Annual Grasses in Western Rangelands: Predicting Resistance and Resilience of Native Ecosystems Invasion

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1144
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jayne Belnap, USGS/Canyonlands Field Station
SERDP Oct 2004

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