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.

导航新北极（NNA）是美国国家科学基金会的十大构想之一。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支持从地方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，加强正式和非正式教育的努力，并在适当情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持具有明确潜力的规划活动，以开发新颖，领先的研究理念和方法来实现NNA目标，从而实现了该目标的一部分。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，并与国际以及当地和土著社区合作。人类活动引起的水下噪声对海洋野生动物构成威胁，是一个重大的全球环境问题。然而，海洋运输和能源生产等水下噪声源是全球经济的重要组成部分。在北极，海洋哺乳动物、鱼类和其他可能受到水下噪音影响的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。预计北极水域的航运和工业发展将大幅增加，不同地区的噪声源和环境问题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，因为北极水域的动物和栖息地受到极端环境的限制。然而，当地居民和因纽特人在生态系统、动物行为和季节运动以及如何安全进入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孵化器资助，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，发展合作伙伴关系，进行融合研究，以回答有关噪音对北极社会和自然系统至关重要的海洋哺乳动物和鱼类物种影响的问题。该项目的目标将通过利用加拿大北极地区两个地点现有的长期被动声学监测项目来实现。研究伙伴关系和合作框架将通过将美国的锚定机构与努纳武特地区的一个当地猎人和捕猎者组织、努纳武特地区的因纽特人政府以及一个以社区为重点的加拿大非政府组织联系起来，共同发展。该项目将包括定期面对面会议、社区参与以及总结跟进和综合阶段。所有产出将是因纽特人和来自北极以外的项目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地方、区域和国际合作者和参与者之间的共同指导进行。除了共同进行噪音影响研究和长期监察外，我们亦会制订具体的计划，以进行传播和更广泛的影响活动。我们的目标是确保研究结果及时与资源管理者、决策者、社区成员和公众分享。该项目的成功将产生更多的好处，即建立一个广泛的地方、区域和国际合作框架，重点是建立基于地点、社区的研究和长期生态监测，适用于北极其他地区和其他地区。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。