Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont South Atlantic CESU

Post Date

June 26th 2014

Application Due Date

July 8th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00114

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. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Piedmont South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $180000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for collaborative research on effects of hydrologic variation on metapopulation dynamics of stream fishes in GA. This work will entail collaborating with USGS scientists to collect and analyze high-quality field data on fish species occupancy dynamics in relation to streamflow patterns, and is a component of a larger effort to provide a scientific basis for developing ecological flows based on measured and simulated species responses to hydrologic variation. This work will focus on the Chattahoochee and Flint River systems in the Apalachicola River basin (ACF). This effort will build on previous work in the ACF, including sampling conducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013, by collecting additional field data at sites representing a gradient of stream size and isolation from mainstem populations. These data will be used to extend and update existing metapopulation simulation models.

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/