OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Colorado Plateau CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program&#148;.
Description: USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research titled &#147;Investigating Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Colorado River Fish Fauna; An Aquatic Ecology Investigation to Support the Sothern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative&#148; Research Objectives include: &#149; Investigate the current and projected impacts of climate change on the ichthyofauna of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) &#149; Examine historic and current spatial patterns and occurrence of native and non-native fishes relative to thermal regimes in UCRB streams &#149; Model thermal resources in main rivers of the UCRB to gain understanding of preferred thermal requirements &#149; Describe current and future fish distribution in the UCRB under a variety of climate change scenarios &#149; Determine zones of overlap for native and nonnative fishes &#149; Provide land managers with information that will help protect fish communities in the UCRB
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES &lt;br/&gt;Contract Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-648-7356