Tropical Research Initiative

The Tropical Research Initiative's purpose is to support multi-disciplinary research and technological advances in tropical regions around the world.

2008 Funded Projects

Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria in Coastal Environments: Ecological Significance and Molecular Fingerprints

Past dynamics of the Indonesian Throughflow

Retinoid Hormone Signaling in Tropical Reef Corals

Identifying the Bacterial Community Assimilating Phosphorus in the Tropical Pacific

Satellite and In Situ Equatorially-Trapped Waves

2007 Funded Projects

Rapid Swath Mapping of Reef Ecology and Associated Water Column Chemistry

Tropical ascidian communities in Panama-Pacific waters: Structure of undisturbed communities and potentials for invasion

Tropical Subterranean Estuaries and Their Role in Nutrient and Metal Inputs to the Ocean

An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Coral Calcification

Bio-Physical Processes Controlling Plankton Community Structure at Isla Canales de Tierra, Underwater Tropical Observatory (PLUTO)

Modeling the Liquid Jungle: Biological-Physical Interactions in Isla Canales de Tierra and nearby Bahia Honda Bay, Panama

Ecology and hydrodynamics of a self-recruiting tropical population

2006 Funded Projects

Population Biology of Gambierdiscus toxicus in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Towards an Integrated Study of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

Exploration of Fossil DNA as a Novel Tool to Reconstruct Past Microbial Diversity and Climate-change in the Tropics

Millenial-Scale Records of ENSO and Intense Caribbean Hurricanes

Biochemical Ecology on Coral Reefs

Are Mangrove Forests Important Juvenile Nursery Areas for Coral Reef Fishes? An Empirical Test at the Liquid Jungle Lab