Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU

Post Date

December 2nd 2014

Application Due Date

December 15th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G15AS00018

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 Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $696743

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) California Water Science Center (CAWSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a partner of the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. For a project titled Studies Assessing Factors that Influence Spawning Migration Behavior and Reproductive Condition of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This project will coordinate closely with a project titled Studies on the Role of Zooplankton Density and Feeding Success during the Spawning Migration of Delta Smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The USGS effort is comprised of several interrelated study components, three of which are included in this announcement: 1. Determine fish health by linking conditional factor and biochemical and histopathological biomarker responses; 2. Determine age of fish/assess reproductive performance of fish by otolith microchemistry and staging of oocyte development and maturity; and 3. Use the data to revise behavioral components of particle tracking modules for use in individual-based models (IBMs) and other population models for delta smelt.

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/web/grants/home.html