N.H. Sea Grant funded six UNH-based projects during 2014-2015 in our focus areas of Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development, Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Resilient Communities and Economies, and Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture:
- Gene expression during development of clam leukemia (Charles Walker)
- What happens to the nutrients that have accumulated in the sediments of the Great Bay? (Linda Kalnejais)
- Analysis and communications of flood damage cost avoidance in the Lamprey River watershed of New Hampshire (Cameron Wake)
- Diversifying the New England sea vegetable aquaculture industry (Christopher Neefus)
- Identification of endemic lineages of Vibrio parahaemolyticus causing regional outbreaks and their occurrence in N.H. shellfish waters (Cheryl Whistler)
- Climate adaptation for road infrastructure in coastal New Hampshire (Jo Sias Daniel)
Recognizing that some issues are best addressed at the regional scale, the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, comprised of the Sea Grant programs in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, MIT, Woods Hole, New Hampshire and Maine, is funding three projects with a regional scope during 2014-2015 that focus on social science research in the focus areas of Resilient Communities and Economies and Healthy Coastal Ecosystems:
- Buy out or build back? A comparative assessment of approaches to employing public funding to vulnerable coastal properties in the Northeastern United States (Porter Hoagland, WHOI)
- Coastal hazards and Northeast housing values (Robert Johnston, Clark)
- Social and ecological factors influencing shoreline hardening in the Northeast (Jonathan Grabowski, Northeastern)