Certificates of Merit: 2004

Jonathan Belmaker
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
"Determining the Impact of Artificial Reef Development on Coral Reef Conservation in the Red Sea"

Jeffrey M. Reader
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Using Micro-chemical Analysis of the Scales, Earstones, and Eye Lenses of the Atlantic Salmon to Determine their Oceanic Distribution and Migratory Patterns"

Laura E. Farrell
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Using DNA Analysis and Scat Dogs to Determine Bobcat and Lynx Diet and Distribution in the Northern Forests of Maine and New Hampshire"