MARINE SCIENCE GRANTS VS

2 U.C.S.C. GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE AMONG THE WINNERS OF THE 2004 MIA J. TEGNER MEMORIAL RESEARCH GRANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND HISTORICAL MARINE ECOLOGY. DOCTORAL CANDIDATES; SETH NEWSOME, IN EARTH SCIENCES, AND DANIEL MONSON, IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, WILL USE THEIR 55 HUNDRED DOLLAR GRANTS TO INVESTIGATE HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE DIETS OF KILLER WHALES DURING THE PAST CENTURY. THE TEGNER GRANTS ARE AWARDED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP SCIENTISTS DOCUMENT THE STATE OF MARINE POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS PRIOR TO LARGE-SCALE HUMAN IMPACTS SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL FISHING, WHALING, AND POLLUTION.