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PROJECTS

Farming of pinto abalone 

Three-year project funded by NPRB, with additional support from the State of Alaska and Southeast Conference

Objective: Develop cultivation protocols for pinto abalone (Haliotis Kamchatkana) from Alaska.

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Seaweed bioming

Two-year project funded by the Arpa-e, DOE.

Objective: Investigate the feasibility of seaweed-based REE recovery by examining the spatial and temporal accumulation of REEs in seaweed tissue.

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Nutrient bioextration

Two-year project funded by the Arpa-e, DOE. Objective: Design, assemble, and test toolkits that would enable kelp farmers to systematically collect tissue and water samples for the calculation of C and N removal.

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Rockweed ecophysiology

EPSCoR seed project seeking to understand the ecophysiological responses of Fucus distichus influenced by increasing glacial runoff in SE Alaska. 

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Mussels and glacial meltdown

EPSCoR seed project seeking to understand the effect of glacial runoff in the performance of Mytilus trossulus in Alaska.

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Site assessments for kelp farming
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A six months project funded by the Alaska center of Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  Objective: Design, assemble, and test toolkits that would enable users to conduct site suitability assessments for kelp farming.

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