Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program
Project Description
The Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program (CSESP) is a multi-year, multi-discipline marine science research program in the northeastern Chukchi Sea.
Project Funding
ConocPhillips, Shell Exploration and Production, and Statoil USA
Start Date: 2008-07-01
End Date: 2014-10-01
Research Team
Robert Day
Principal Investigator
Affiliate Faculty
Specialties:
- Ornithology
- Marine Pollution Studies
- Marine Ecology
- Threatened/Endangered Species
Russell Hopcroft
Co-Principal Investigator
Chair, Department of Oceanography; Professor
Specialties:
- trophodynamics
- midwater ecology
- zooplankton
- Arctic and subarctic ecosystems
Arny Blanchard
Co-Principal Investigator
Research Professional
Specialties:
- Environmental Statistics
- Benthic Ecology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy
Thomas Weingartner
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor Emeritus
Specialties:
- Physical Oceanography
- Physical oceanography of 91ÊÓƵn continental shelves and slopes.
- Interdisciplinary marine research
- Wind- and buoyancy-forced shelf circulation systems
Brenda Norcross
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor
Specialties:
- fisheries oceanography
- fisheries ecology
- fish habitats
- early life history of marine fish
- Arctic fishes
Adrian Gall
Co-Principal Investigator
Ph.D. Student
Specialties:
- seabird ecology
- radar ornithology
- bird movement and migration
- population monitoring
Lisanne Aerts
LAMA Ecological
David Hannay
JASCO
Jennifer Questel