GRANTS
2004 Post Doctoral Fellowship
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. Working with
D. Ross Robertson on Shorefishes of the Greater Carribean, an
interactive CD.
2002 Smithsonian Short term Visitor Fellowship to work with Ross
Robertson at Smithsonia Tropical Research Institute
– Dec 2-23, 2002
2001 Smithsonian Fellowship to work with Carole Baldwin
at USNM – Dec. 2001
1995 EarthWatch Research Grant ($48,000) To continue the study of shore fish populations on the island
of Gran Canaria
1994 Canary Island Government.
Fishery and Agriculture funding (300,000 pts)
to aid the studies on El Hierro.
1994 Earthwatch Research Grant ($48,000) To
study the dermersal fish population
on Gran Canaria and El Hierro
1993 Earthwatch Research Grant ($44,850) To
continue the study of tidepool ecology,
benthic algae, and demersal fish populations
on the islands of Gran Canaria and Lanzerote.
1992 Earthwatch Research Grant ($44,000) To
study the tidepool ecology, benthic
algae, and demersal fish populations on the Island
of Gran Canaria.
1991 Earthwatch Research Grant ($44,000) study
the tidepool ecology, benthic algae,
and demersal fish populations on the Island
of Gran Canaria.
1990 Canary Island Government.
of Gran Canaria Grant ($56,000) To
study the demersal fish populations of Fuertaventura.
1990 Canary Island Grant
from the Province
of Mogan ($4,000) To construct an experimental artificial reef of the south shore
of Gran Canaria.
1990 Earthwatch Research Grant ($38,000) To
study the demersal fish populations
of Fuertaventura in the Canarian Archipelico and make recommendations for habitat restoration.
1989 Canary Islands Ministry
of Tourism Grant ($16,000) Supplied equipment and transportation
for the staff involved in the Earthwatch
Research Grant.
1989 Earthwatch Research Grant ($38,000) To
study the dermersal fish populations
of El Hierro in the Canarian Archipelago
and make recommendations for the construction of artificial
reefs and restoration of habitat damaged by the development
of the tourist industry.
1988 Smithsonian Institution
Fellowship ($300) To curate their collection
of fishes in the family Gobiidae from the eastern Atlantic,
West Africa, Mediterranean,
Black, and Caspian
Seas.
1988 Canary Islands Ministry
of Tourism Grant ($5,000) To conduct
a comparative study of the inter-island variation of fishes
from the Islands of Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura,
Lanzerote, Tenerife,
and El Hierro and report on the factors contributing to those
variations
1987 Earthwatch Research Grant ($20,000) To
investigate the factors affecting homing behavior in tidepool
fishes of the Canary Islands
1986 Earthwatch Research Grant ($18,000) To
investigate the factors affecting homing behavior in tidepool
fishes of the Canary Islands
1982 Sigma Xi Grant - In-Aid
of Research ($250) To investigate the
ecology and homing behavior of tidepool fishes of the Canary
Islands