Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU

Post Date

June 27th 2013

Application Due Date

July 8th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

G13AS00060

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. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $375000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to support refinement of collection and processing of zooplankton, lower trophic foodweb analyses, and fish diet analyses for Great Lakes species with an emphasis on the Huron-Erie corridor (HEC) and western Lake Erie foodwebs. Recent investment in restoring functional aquatic habitat in the HEC has brought renewed interest in assessing the role that the HEC fills in contributing to fisheries production and water quality in the central Great Lakes. Extensive annual monitoring of fish spawning and larval fish production has shown marked changes over historic patterns with widespread reproduction occurring for several economically and ecological valued fish species. Such monitoring facilitates management of this unique connecting channel corridor and information gleaned from these studies helps direct management strategies toward continued restoration of ecosystem services.

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/