The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3
HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS
NSF awards $4.2 Million grants to three coastal sites for long-term ecological research

Estuaries and coastal landscapes; barrier islands and marshes; giant kelp forests. They're the subject of three new Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites recently awarded funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF). With the addition of the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site, the Georgia Coastal Ecosystem LTER site, and the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER site, there are now 24 NSF-funded LTER sites in North America and Antarctica. The three newest sites each will receive approximately $700,000 per year for the next six years, for a total of about $4.2 million each.

Florida Coastal Everglades LTER

Research at the Florida Coastal Everglades site will look at how cultural eutrophication -- nutrient enrichment of an ecosystem by human influences -- has affected Everglades National Park. "Estuaries and coastal landscapes experience a range of stresses, both natural and man-induced," explains Scott Collins, director of NSF's LTER program. "Among these, cultural eutrophication affects most U.S. coastal ecosystems." In the new Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site, scientists will investigate how variability in regional climate, freshwater inputs, and disturbances affect this ecosystem. The Everglades is the focus of the largest watershed restoration effort ever implemented, says Collins, and this restoration will dramatically change the timing and amount of freshwater entering the system.

Georgia Coastal Ecosystem LTER

This study site, a barrier island and marsh complex, is located on the central Georgia coast near Sapelo Island and the Altamaha River, one of the largest and least developed rivers on the U.S. East Coast. Scientists at this LTER site will investigate the links between local and distant upland areas, and how water flow from inland rivers to the coastal zone affects these areas. The study area includes the Altamaha River estuary, the lagoonal estuaries bordering the mainland and Sapelo Island, and tidal marshes through
'"/>

Contact: Cheryl Dybas
cdybas@nsf.gov
703-306-1070
National Science Foundation
15-May-2000


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
2. NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
3. NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
4. The American Phytopathological Society announces 2004 awards
5. NSF announces six FIBR awards to tackle some of biologys most challenging questions
6. Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
7. APS awards more than $140,000 to minority students of physiology
8. APS awards more than $36,000 to its 2004 undergraduate research fellows
9. 8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
10. UCSB professor and director receives two national awards
11. NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
Post Your Comments:
(Date:12/1/2008)...ternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today call...chnique that could bolster efforts aimed at pullin...AEA scientists use radiation to produce improved h...nditions such as drought or flood, or that are res...d mutation induction, the technique is safe, prove...
(Date:12/1/2008)...laboration of Stanford University,s Woods Institut...the World Wildlife Fundhas been awarded a two-year...ore Foundation to develop a software program for m...ed by temperate marine ecosystems. , Called Mari...ces and Tradeoffs), the proposed software will giv...
(Date:12/1/2008)...Geosphere , The Geological Society of America,s e-...ta integration from multiple fields, including tec...ogy, to study the southwestern U.S. climate 17 mil...on in a piggyback basin; Angel Lake orthogneiss in...he South Balkan extensional system within southern...
(Date:12/1/2008)...ioengineered crops, sequencing the genome could be...ce the sequence is complete, the baton is passed f.... A draft sequence of the soybean genome is now av... soon. Taking the next step in a new study, Univer...earchers have demonstrated the applicability of a ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Nuclear science for food security 2Natural Capital Project to develop conservation software 2December Geosphere media highlights 2December Geosphere media highlights 3Tool helps identify gene function in soybeans 2On Weekend Before the Election New Jerseys First Ladies Speak Out for Healthcare 28488 1On Weekend Before the Election New Jerseys First Ladies Speak Out for Healthcare 28488 2On Weekend Before the Election New Jerseys First Ladies Speak Out for Healthcare 28488 3Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 1Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 2Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 3Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 4Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 5Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 6Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 7Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 8Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 9Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28 and 48 Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment Naive Hepatitis C Patients 3377 10Employers 26amp 3B 238220 3BVote 26amp 3B 238221 3B on Presidential Candidates 26apos 3B Health Care Platforms 3A Prefer Middle Ground Between the Tw 28484 1Employers 26amp 3B 238220 3BVote 26amp 3B 238221 3B on Presidential Candidates 26apos 3B Health Care Platforms 3A Prefer Middle Ground Between the Tw 28484 2Employers 26amp 3B 238220 3BVote 26amp 3B 238221 3B on Presidential Candidates 26apos 3B Health Care Platforms 3A Prefer Middle Ground Between the Tw 28484 3ENT doctors release national guideline on treatment for common cause of dizziness 28480 1ENT doctors release national guideline on treatment for common cause of dizziness 28480 2ENT doctors release national guideline on treatment for common cause of dizziness 28480 3
Other News:
.....Language and cultural differences may discourage...esent a barrier for others to understand the risks... found that low-income pregnant Latinas drink simi...ore recognition of a pregnancy as do other racial/...
...y shooting lasers at an RNA polymerase (RNAP) and ...l component of how a complex protein develops........rgy transfer (FRET) on a single molecule, a resear...'s Physical Biosciences Institute (PBI) in collabo...
...sing positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, r...le to observe - in real time - how the immune syst...ght the disease....... The UCLA study is expected ... for cancer and other immune system-related diseas...
ATHENS, Ohio There's hope for the less-than-perfect male if you're a swordtail fish, that is. As the size and age of female swordtail fish increase, so does the preference for males with asymmetrica
Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages 2Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages 3Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages 4UCLA researchers observe how the immune system recognizes and responds to cancer 2UCLA researchers observe how the immune system recognizes and responds to cancer 3Older female fish prefer imperfect male mates, study finds 2Older female fish prefer imperfect male mates, study finds 3
...ll suffer some sort of seizure before turning 80 y...tion will suffer from epilepsy, a central nervous ...ach seizure can be frightening and potentially dan...es may have implications for oral health and denta...
...don and Hammersmith Hospital have discovered that ... hunger regulating gut hormone PYY3-36. They think...ity.......According to their research published to...people have on average, a level of PYY3-36 that is...
...ommy G. Thompson today announced grants totaling a...o establish eight Regional Centers of Excellence f...earch (RCE). This nationwide group of multidiscipl...lan for biodefense research......."We have moved w...
... of death in developed countries (over 700 000 dea...n). ......Worldwide, heart disease kills 15 millio... occur in the developing world. Today's Lancet pre...erventions in heart disease, with three accompanyi...
health news:Seizure prone? Tell your dentist 2health news:Top-ups of naturally occurring gut hormone could help treat obesity 2health news:HHS announces new regional centers for biodefense research 2health news:HHS announces new regional centers for biodefense research 3
... Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have challenged ...ait and in doing so, discovered how cells are natu...oday's early online edition of the Dec. 15 issue o... ).......The researchers investigated aneuploidy (...
...t at Schepens Eye Research Institute (SERI) found ... sizes was of special importance in making televis...red. The study, published in the current (Novembe...Optics (OPO), provides information that will aid i...
...ale analysis has shown that a blood test previousl...ailure in emergency room patients remains effectiv...udy also demonstrates that the test for a marker c...risk for death, independent of kidney dysfunction....
... high-quality randomized clinical trials have dete...ternative medication, may not have any significant...c liver disease or hepatitis B or C liver disease....rnal of Gastroenterology.......According to the pr...
health news:Mayo Clinic discovers two key players in cancer prevention and how they work 2health news:Mayo Clinic discovers two key players in cancer prevention and how they work 3health news:Visually impaired people prefer to watch television enhanced with special processing 2health news:Visually impaired people prefer to watch television enhanced with special processing 3health news:Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in patients with kidney dysfunction 2