OpportunityTitle: The paleoecological history, mechanism, and drivers of type E botulism outbreaks near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This is a &quot;Notice of Intent&quot; of a single source task agreement award to the Science Museum of Minnesota-St. Croix Watershed Research Station, St. Croix, MN under the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The SCWRS is uniquely qualified to conduct this work.  The SCWRS is one of very few multi-disciplinary paleolimnological research centers and features state-of-the-art sediment core dating and microscopy laboratories, a well stocked taxonomic library, and archived sediments from Great Lakes Network parks and around the world.  The technical skills required to identify fossil remains in sediment cores are highly specialized, and SCWRS scientists are well known for their skills in these areas, having published extensively in taxonomy and paleoecology.  Additionally, the principal investigator has previous experience with paleolimnological work in large lakes (including the Great Lakes and Lake Hovsgol) and is currently investigating long-term food web changes in the Lake Michigan ecosystem.  This study is highly relevant and complementary to the proposed work at SLBE.
Description: The paleoecological history, mechanism, and drivers of type E botulism outbreaks near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
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GrantorContactText: Tonya Bradley &lt;br/&gt;Contract Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 402-661-1656