Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean CESU

Post Date

May 18th 2011

Application Due Date

May 27th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

G11AS20034

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUкs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. This assistance is provided through a CESU cooperative agreement, which is neither a contract nor a grant. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the South Florida-Caribbean CESU Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $33000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center is offering a funding opportunity for research extending and testing a model of small fish biomass on the Everglades freshwater marsh, GEFISH (Greater Everglades fish model). This model describes the dynamics of the components of a simple food web: primary producer, detritus, invertebrates, invertebrate detritivores, and fish consumers, divided into a several functional groups.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/