Living Marine Resources Ecology and Management

SERDP and ESTCP are developing the scientific understanding of the ecology of marine mammals, sea turtles, coral reefs, and other marine resources so that military stressors may be better understood and mitigated.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Whale Monitoring Using the United States Navy Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS)

Project Information
Project ID: RC-48
SERDP Oct 1998

Marine Mammal Responses to Low Frequency Sound

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1069
SERDP Oct 1998

Potential Effects of Military Noise on Marine Mammals

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1082
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Helweg, SPAWARSYSCEN San Diego
SERDP Oct 2000

Automated Image Processing/Image Understanding Coupled with Artificial Neural Network Classifier for Quantifying Biological Fouling on Ship Hulls

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1252
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Lieberman, SPAWAR Systems Center - San Diego
SERDP Jan 2004

Developing Molecular Methods to Identify and Quantify Ballast Water Organisms: A Test Case with Cnidarians

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1251
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Kreiser, University of Southern Mississippi
SERDP Apr 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

Predictive Modeling of Marine Mammal Density from Existing Survey Data and Model Validation Using Upcoming Surveys

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1391
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jay Barlow, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)
SERDP May 2009

Predictive Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Habitats

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1390
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Read, Duke University Marine Lab
SERDP Jan 2010

Application of Landscape Mosaic Technology to Complement Coral Reef Resource Mapping and Monitoring

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1333
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Reid, University of Miami
SERDP Sep 2010

Acoustic Response and Detection of Marine Mammals on Navy Ranges Using a Digital Acoustic Recording Tag

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1539
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Tyack, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Feb 2011

Behavioral Ecology of Cetaceans: The Relationship of Body Condition with Behavior and Reproductive Success

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2113
Principal Investigator: Dr. Patrick Miller, University of Saint Andrews
SERDP May 2012