This grant by the Department of the Interior’s Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit aims to fund research developing dated chronologies from bivalve shells to analyze benthic production changes in relation to declining Arctic sea ice. The study will focus on potential environmental drivers influencing ecosystem shifts, particularly the impact on species like walrus and eiders. By integrating growth increments of bivalves with satellite sea ice data and stable isotope analysis, the project seeks to predict community changes, understand the relationship between sea ice and benthic production, and provide early warning signs for DOI-managed species dependent on benthic habitats. Closing date for applications is April 6, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 275334
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G15AS00055 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 23, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 06, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 06, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $235,995 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | 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 Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | This CESU solicitation is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to develop exactly dated chronologies from the shells of Serripes groenlandicus and Nuculana radiata as indicators of benthic production for comparisons with potential environmental drivers, including sea ice. The decline of Arctic sea ice is predicted to promote an ecosystem shift from benthic-dominated to pelagic-dominated communities on Arctic shelves, raising concern for species like walrus and eiders that feed on benthic organisms. Sea ice dynamics are thought to support a rich benthic ecosystem by promoting the export of surface primary production to the ocean floor. As sea ice extent diminishes, more prolonged open-water phytoplankton blooms and increased zooplankton grazing may increasingly route surface primary production to pelagic consumers. The pace of declining benthic production has been difficult to quantify, leaving resource managers with much uncertainty. To relate annually resolved growth increments in benthic bivalves with satellite derived sea ice records to develop a predictive relationship between sea ice and benthic production. Bivalves are a key prey item for both walrus and eiders. The relative contributions of sea ice algae and phytoplankton, the two major sources of surface primary production, will also be described for bivalves using stable isotope analysis. Changes in bivalve size will be converted to differences in caloric content available to predators. Combining these products with model projections of future sea ice cover will allow to predict the pace of community shifts, clarify the underlying mechanism, and provide an early warning system for DOI managed species that rely on benthic habitats. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 275334 Full Announcement-1 -> funding opportunity.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Faith Graves, 703-648-7356 fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G15AS00055 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU | PKG00215716 | Mar 23, 2015 | Apr 06, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
275334 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
275334 Project-1.1.pdf
275334 SF424A-1.0.pdf
275334 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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