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W81EWF22SOI0001: Apple Snail (Pomacea spp.) Monitoring: Evaluating apple snail population response to changes in hydrology in the Everglades.

Closed Closed January 14, 2022 Opportunity W81EWF22SOI0001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$100,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the South Florida - Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $100,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The purpose of this research is to provide estimates of apple snail distribution, density, and reproduction in response to hydrologic changes associated with the current water control plan (e.g. Combined Operational Plan (COP)) that guides operations in south Florida. This project should be designed to determine apple snail population response to changes in hydrology associated with implementation of the 2020 COP Water Control Plan. The objectives of the proposed research are to: Objective 1: Determine statistically robust annual estimates of native and nonnative apple snail distribution, density, and egg cluster production in the Everglades wetlands ecosystem, with a focus on WCA 3A and in Everglade snail kite foraging areas when present (as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)), and assess how conditions and management actions affect these estimates. Objective 2: Determine the habitat characteristics, hydroperiod, gage-specific seasonal water levels and transitions, recession and ascension rates, and other factors that are most supportive of apple snail density, survival, recruitment, and egg cluster production and survival; and estimate values of these parameters that result in maximum apple snail densities and maximum densities/per capita egg production (PCE) within the Everglades wetlands ecosystem. Objective 3: Provide data in support of scientific studies of inter-relationships among apple snail demography, hydrologic regime, habitat characteristics, and other factors. Objective 4: Synthesize new data with existing information to provide annual updates on the factors that are most supportive of apple snail density, survival, recruitment, and egg cluster production and survival. Each year, summarize apple snail responses to management and conditions and provide specific management recommendations to increase apple snail density and reproductive success in the Greater Everglades wetlands ecosystem Deliverables: Quarterly Status Reports: Quarterly status reports will be delivered every 90 days on a quarterly basis. Each report will summarize work done and problems encountered during the reporting period, as appropriate. Annual Report: A draft and final annual report will be submitted at the completion of each year of the cooperative agreement.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

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