This department is offering a grant to a CESU partner for a research project focusing on improving understanding of food-web linkages between nearshore and offshore areas in the Lake Michigan Ecosystem. The project involves sampling various depths and locations across a gradient of nutrient availability, with objectives including studying changes in nutrient availability and productivity of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish. The research aims to fill a key knowledge gap identified by the Lake Michigan LAMP and fishery management community, ultimately contributing to the development of a Nearshore Strategy by the LAMP as outlined in the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
Opportunity ID: 269399
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G15AS00010 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests |
| 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: | Nov 05, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 17, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 17, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 05, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $487,000 |
| 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 Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center, is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for a research project seeking to improve understanding of the food-web linkages between nearshore and offshore. This project is under the umbrella of the 2015 Coordinated Science and Monitoring Initiative that focuses on the Lake Michigan Ecosystem. The USGS design includes sampling eight nearshore-to-offshore transects, with water, plankton, benthos, and fish being sampled at 18, 46, and >100 m bottom depth at each transect. It also locates transects along a gradient of proximity to tributary inputs of phosphorus (from adjacent to high-loading tributaries, such as the St. Joseph River, to adjacent to no tributaries, such as offshore of Arcadia, Michigan). Sampling of transects will occur in spring, summer, and autumn. Two key research objectives include 1) How does nutrient availability change from nearshore to offshore and how is that availability influenced by proximity to tributary inputs?, 2) How well does productivity of phytoplankton within a given habitat correspond to productivity of zooplankton and fish?. Understanding the distribution and abundance of nutrients and biota (e.g., invertebrates, fish) across a nearshore to offshore gradient remains a key knowledge gap identified by the Lake Michigan LAMP and fishery management community. Increased understanding and knowledge of the Lake Michigan nearshore will facilitate the development of a Nearshore Strategy by the LAMP, which is called for in the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html |
| 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
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 269399 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 | G15AS00010 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests | PKG00209667 | Nov 05, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
269399 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
269399 Project-1.1.pdf
269399 SF424A-1.0.pdf
269399 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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