Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Califronian CESU

Post Date

June 29th 2015

Application Due Date

July 17th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

G15AS00118

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. CESU___s 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:

  $400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to increase our understanding of kelp forest ecosystems. For instance, we wish to determine how marine communities (specifically kelp plants) respond to environmental variation. Two specific goals of interest are (1) determine the distribution of wave period and amplitude across the study region of the nearshore environments off the central California coast by using in-situ wave sensors in kelp forests, and (2) determine how wave model predictions compare to empirical observations field observations and the predicted wave energy from the CDIP Nowcast models. This comparison will indicate the extent that CDIP Nowcast models provide accurate wave energy information from BOEM and the extent to which they need to be corrected for future ecological analyses.

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/