OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with USGS- Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU&#8217;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.&#160;
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner research addressing questions to developing a revised framework for predicting mercury risk to managed freshwater ecosystems, accounting for both the biogeochemistry and microbiology and co-occurring stressors. An emphasis of this research is placed on (1) data synthesis and interpretation on arid-land reservoirs and (2) field measurements and data synthesis and interpretation on subtropical wetlands and mine-impacted lakes. In these three freshwater environments, mercury biomagnification in aquatic food webs is prevalent and water quality remains one of the biggest issues facing management and/or restoration efforts regarding mercury. A significant challenge to both scientists and resource managers is identifying how internal drivers (e.g., water management, co-occurring stressors) and external drivers (e.g., climate) influence the biogeochemical processes that result in the formation of methylmercury, a critical environmental transformation that precedes the exposure of organisms to mercury.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.