University of Connecticut Department of Marine Sciences,
US Navy Research Lab SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego,
Benthos, Inc,
funded by the National Ocean Partnership Program.
The engineering and deployment of the system has involved dedicated efforts from:
UConn:
Adam Houk, with Laura Rear: Moored equipment development & maintenance
Dennis Arbige: Gateway electronics design & implementation
Gary Grenier & Bob Dziomba: Equipment design and fabrication
Jeff Godfrey, with Bob DeGoursey, Dan Rogers, Sean Colin, Jeff Terwin: Diving support
Captain Turner Cabaniss, Mate Dan Nelson, and crew: At-sea operations, R/V Connecticut
David Cohen: Bottom frame design, buoy deployments
Nick Worobey, Craig Bussel, Peter Boardman: NURC ROV support
Ivar Babb, John Bean: Fishing community interactions & questionnaire
Todd Fake: Data management & website development
SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego:
Joe Rice, Chris Fletcher, Bob Creber, Paul Baxley
Benthos:
Dave Porta, Ken Scussel, Kevin Amundsen
For more information, contact Dan Codiga by email at d.codiga@uconn.edu.
References:
Relevant publications are included in this list of publications from the FRONT project."