Mercury burdens and marine habitat use by seabirds of the Pribilof Island Marine Ecosystem (PRIME). Funded by University of Alaska Faculty Initiative Fund ($30,000, 1 yr). Jan 2024. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), D. Causey (co-I, U Alaska Anchorage), and V. Padula (co-I, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island).
Detection of Chum Salmon Spawning Locations and Pink Salmon Hatchery Fish. Funded by the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A) Impact Mitigation Program ($353,522). Feb 2023. Investigators: T. Sformo (Lead-PI, North Slope Borough), K.B. Gorman (collaborator, U Alaska Fairbanks, $72,000), M. Nims and T. Linley (PNNL), and P. Rand (PWSSC).
Marine habitat use by seabirds of the Pribilof Islands Marine Ecosystem (PRIME) during the non-breeding season: distribution, phenology, and environmental correlates. Funded by USFWS Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWIG) Program ($199,999). October 2022. Investigators: V. Padula (Lead-PI, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island) and K.B. Gorman (co-PI, U Alaska Fairbanks, $0 to UAF).
Seabird biologging at St. Paul Island, Alaska. Funded by University of Alaska Faculty Initiative Fund ($29,700, 6 mo). Nov 2021. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), D. Causey (co-I, U Alaska Anchorage), and V. Padula (co-I, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island).
Ecological interactions between Pacific herring and Pacific salmon in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council ($2,136,421, 8 years). Oct 2021. Investigators: P. Rand (lead-PI, PWSSC), K.B. Gorman (co-I, U Alaska Fairbanks), R. Heintz (co-I, Sitka Sound Science Center), and Rob Campbell (co-I, PWSSC).
Examine health metrics of Copper River sockeye stocks to inform management decision making. Funded by the National Park Service (NR SCC, $308,634, 3 years). Mar 2021. Investigators: M. Miller (lead PI, WRST NPS), K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), and P.S. Rand (co-PI, PWSSC).
Evaluating factors related to in river adult mortality in Copper River sockeye salmon. Funded by Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund ($287,718, 2 years). Dec 2020. Investigators: P.S. Rand (lead-PI, PWSSC) and K.B. Gorman (co-I, U Alaska Fairbanks).
Using otolith geochemistry to understand the ocean ecology of a changing Alaskan salmon system. Funded by National Science Foundation ($162,010, 2 years). Dec 2019. EPSCoR RII Track-4 Research Fellows program. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks) and T. Linley (host site, PNNL).
Effects of energetic state and infectious agents on migration by Sockeye Salmon. Funded by Alaska INBRE faculty pilot (NIH) ($98,615, 1 year) May 2019. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), P.S. Rand (co-PI, PWSSC), and K.M. Miller (DFO Canada).
Effects of energetic state and infectious agents on migration by Sockeye Salmon. Funded by Alaska INBRE faculty pilot (NIH) ($124,103, 1 year). Aug 2018. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), P.S. Rand (co-PI, PWSSC), and K.M. Miller (DFO Canada).
Completed projects Are expanding Pacific salmon populations in the Arctic produced from regional watersheds? Funded by UAF’s Coastal Marine Institute (BOEM partnership, $183,332, 2.5 years). May 2020. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks), T. Linley (co-I, PNNL), T. Sformo (co-I, North Slope Borough), and P. Rand (co-I, PWSSC).
Studies of reproductive maturity among age cohorts of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council ($465,300, 3 years) Sept 2016. Investigator: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, PWSSC).
Mechanisms of marine predator response to environmental variability in the Arctic: provisioning diet and physiological preparation for post-fledging exercise by black-legged kittiwakes. Funded by UAF BLaST program ($59,952, 2 years, award declined). Dec 2021. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead-PI, U Alaska Fairbanks) and V. Padula (co-I, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island).
Implications of a declining trend in body size and condition on abundance of Sockeye Salmon in the Copper River, Alaska. Funded by North Pacific Research Board ($446,771, 3 years) May 2019. Additional COVID-19 funding ($44,461) Nov 2020. Investigators: P.S. Rand (lead-PI, PWSSC) and K.B. Gorman (co-I, U Alaska Fairbanks).
Resolving the annual pelagic distribution of Tufted Puffins: Associations with oceanographic features and isotopic niche. Funded by North Pacific Research Board ($243,611, 3 years) May 2018. Additional COVID-19 funding ($19,684) Nov 2020. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, PWSSC/UAF) and M.A. Bishop (co-I, PWSSC).
One health perspectives on high latitude marine ecosystems equipment grant. Funded by Alaska INBRE special requests (NIH) ($34,520, 1 year) May 2019. Investigator: K.B. Gorman (lead PI, U Alaska Fairbanks). Project completed, Aug 2019.
Comparative performance in migration and reproduction among wild and hatchery Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Prince William Sound, Alaska using stable isotope analysis. Funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($95,812, 1 year) Feb 2016. Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI), P.S. Rand and E.E. Knudsen (co-I’s, PWSSC). Project completed, Sept 2017.
Hatchery-Wild Salmon Interactions, Stream Component. Funded by Alaska Department of Fish & Game, AK Hatchery Research Program 2014 – 2018. 2014 ($560,000), 2015 ($635,000), 2016 ($452,000), 2017 ($440,000), 2018 ($493,000) for Prince William Sound stream component. Investigators: E.E. Knudsen (lead PI, PWSSC) and K.B. Gorman (co-I, PWSSC).
Juvenile Herring Condition Monitoring (2012-16). Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council ($974,100). Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI from 2014-2016, PWSSC) and R. Heintz (co-PI, NOAA-ABL). Project completed, Mar 2018.
Juvenile Herring Condition Monitoring, Intensives (2012-14). Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council ($304,700). Investigators: K.B. Gorman (lead PI 2014, PWSSC) and R. Heintz (co-PI, NOAA-ABL). Project completed, Feb 2020.
Updated 4 Mar 2024