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.

航行新北极 (NNA) 是 NSF 的 10 大创意之一。 NNA 项目解决快速变化的北极地区的融合科学挑战。这项北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和全球的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。 NNA 授权从地方到国际范围内的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持具有明显潜力的规划活动来实现该目标的一部分，以开发新颖的、前沿的研究思想和方法来实现 NNA 目标。它整合了自然环境和社会系统的各个方面，解决了重要的社会挑战，创造了重要的教育机会，并与国际社会以及当地和土著社区进行了接触。人类活动引起的水下噪音对海洋野生动物构成了威胁，是一个重要的全球环境问题。忧虑。然而，水下噪声源，例如海运和能源生产，是全球经济的重要组成部分。在北极，可能受到水下噪音影响的海洋哺乳动物、鱼类和其他野生动物也为北极居民提供了宝贵的生存、文化和社区利益。北极水域的航运和工业发展预计将大幅增加，特定地区的噪声源不同，环境问题也不同，因此越来越需要填补对噪声影响的理解和预测方面的空白。对水下噪声影响的研究在北极水域尤其有限，那里的动物和栖息地受到极端环境的限制。然而，当地和因纽特居民在生态系统、动物行为和季节性运动以及如何安全接近和观察北极海洋环境中的野生动物方面拥有无与伦比的经验和专业知识。通过这项 NNA 孵化器拨款，我们将在两个北极地区以当地和因纽特人的知识、领导力和专业知识为指导，建立融合研究合作伙伴关系，以回答有关噪声对对北极社会和自然系统至关重要的海洋哺乳动物和鱼类的影响的问题。该项目的目标将通过利用加拿大北极两个地点现有的长期被动声学监测项目来实现。将通过将美国锚定机构与努纳武特当地猎人和捕猎者组织、努纳齐亚武特地区因纽特人政府以及专注于社区保护的加拿大非政府组织联系起来，共同制定研究伙伴关系和合作框架。该项目将涉及定期的面对面会议、社区参与和总结后续行动以及综合阶段。所有产出都将是因纽特人与北极以外项目合作伙伴之间平等伙伴关系和协作的结果。每个阶段的活动都将通过当地、区域和国际合作者和参与者之间的共同指导来开展。在共同开展噪声影响研究和长期监测的同时，还将制定具体计划以进行传播和更广泛的影响活动。我们的目标是确保及时与资源管理者、决策者、社区成员和公众分享研究结果。该项目的成功将产生额外的好处，即开发一个广泛的地方、区域和国际合作框架，重点是建立适用于北极及其他地区的基于地方、基于社区的研究和长期生态监测。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。