Incubator Grant: Partnership to Advance Prediction of Noise Impacts on Arctic Marine Wildlife

孵化器资助：合作推进北极海洋野生动物噪声影响预测

• 批准号: 2318420
• 负责人: Joshua Jones
• 金额: $ 16.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2318420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Incubator; Grant; Partnership; Advance; Prediction

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment and social systems, and addresses important societal challenges, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages internationally and with local and Indigenous communities.Underwater noise caused by human activities poses a threat to marine wildlife and is a significant global environmental concern. However, sources of underwater noise, such as marine shipping and energy production, are vital components of the global economy. In the Arctic, marine mammals, fish, and other wildlife potentially impacted by underwater noise also provide invaluable subsistence, cultural, and community benefits to Arctic residents. Shipping and industrial development are projected to increase substantially in Arctic waters, with differing noise sources and environmental concerns across specific regions creating a growing need to fill gaps in understanding and prediction of noise impacts. Research on impacts of underwater noise is especially limited in Arctic waters where access to animals and habitat are more restricted by the extreme environment. However, local and Inuit residents possess incomparable experience and expertise about ecosystems, animal behavior and seasonal movements, and how to safely access and observe wildlife in the Arctic marine environment. Through this NNA-Incubator Grant, we will develop partnerships for convergent research guided by local and Inuit knowledge, leadership, and expertise in two Arctic regions to answer questions regarding impacts of noise on marine mammals and fish species vital to Arctic social and natural systems.The goals of this project will be accomplished by leveraging existing long-term passive acoustic monitoring projects in two locations in the Canadian Arctic. Research partnerships and a collaborative framework will be co-developed through connecting the US anchoring institution with a local hunters and trappers organization in Nunavut, the regional Inuit government in Nunatsiavut, and a Canadian-based nongovernmental organization focused on community-based conservation. The project will involve periodic in-person meetings, community engagement with summary follow-up, and a synthesis phase. All outputs will be the result of equal partnership and collaboration between Inuit and project partners from outside the Arctic. Activities at every stage will be carried out through co-mentorship between local, regional, and international collaborators and participants. Along with co-development of noise impacts research and long-term monitoring, specific plans will be developed for dissemination and broader impact activities. Our aim is to ensure that the results of the research are shared in a timely manner with resource managers, decision-makers, community members, and the public. The success of this project will yield the additional benefits of developing a broad local, regional, and international collaborative framework focused on building place-based, community-based research and long-term ecological monitoring applicable to other locations in the Arctic and beyond.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

NSF的10个大创意之一是导航新北极（NNA）。 NNA项目应对北极快速变化的融合科学挑战。需要进行这项北极研究，以告知国家，较大地区和全球的经济，安全和弹性。 NNA赋予从本地量表到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强了正规和非正式教育方面的努力，并在适当的情况下整合了知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持规划活动具有明确的潜力来开发新颖的，领先的研究思想和方法来解决NNA目标，从而实现了这一目标的一部分。它整合了自然环境和社会系统的各个方面，并应对重要的社会挑战，建立重要的教育机会，并在国际上与地方和原住民社区参与。人类活动引起的水中噪音对海洋野生动植物构成威胁，并且是全球环境的重大关注。但是，水下噪声的来源，例如海洋运输和能源生产，是全球经济的重要组成部分。在北极，海洋哺乳动物，鱼类和其他受水下噪声影响的野生动植物也为北极居民提供了宝贵的生存，文化和社区利益。预计在北极水域的运输和工业发展将大大增加，在特定地区之间存在不同的噪声来源和环境问题，从而增加了越来越多的需求，以填补对噪声影响的理解和预测的空白。在北极水域，对水下噪声的影响的研究尤其受到限制，在北极水域中，到达动物和栖息地更受到极端环境的限制。但是，当地和因纽特人的居民在生态系统，动物行为和季节性运动以及如何在北极海洋环境中安全接触和观察野生动植物方面拥有无与伦比的经验和专业知识。通过这项NNA启动器赠款，我们将建立在两个北极地区的本地和因纽特知识，领导和专业知识指导的融合研究的伙伴关系，以回答有关噪声对北极社会和自然系统至关重要的噪声影响的问题。该项目的目标将通过在两个可以在两个CAN Act in CAND ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCAD ARCT ARCAD ARCAD ARCT ARCT ARCT ARCAD ARCT ARCT ARCAD ARCAD ARCT ARCT ARCARD ARCINAD cANC ARCAD ARCINAD中置于该项目中来实现该项目的目标。研究合作伙伴关系和协作框架将通过将美国锚定机构与Nunavut的当地猎人和捕手组织联系，Nunatsiavut的区域INUIT政府以及一个基于社区保护的Nongovernalbormental组织共同开发。该项目将涉及定期面对面的会议，进行摘要随访的社区参与以及综合阶段。所有输出将是因纽特人与北极外项目合作伙伴之间平等合作伙伴关系和合作的结果。每个阶段的活动都将通过本地，区域和国际合作者和参与者之间的共同培训进行。除了共同开发噪声影响研究和长期监控外，还将制定特定计划，以进行传播和更广泛的影响活动。我们的目的是确保与资源经理，决策者，社区成员和公众及时分享研究结果。该项目的成功将带来更多的好处，即开发一个广泛的本地，区域和国际合作框架，重点是建立基于社区的，基于社区的研究和适用于北极地区其他地点的长期生态监测。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被视为值得通过评估来进行评估。