OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#191;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.
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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;