Determine invasion status and ecological impacts of an exotic zooplankter in Great Lakes parks deadline 2008
The current listed application deadline is June 11, 2008. Use this page to verify timing fast, then move into the full grant record for planning, comparison, and drafting.
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Quick facts
- Opportunity number
- A6067080012
- Last updated
- May 28, 2008
- Expected awards
- 1
Deadline summary
The Great Lakes basin has a lengthy history of biological invasions. The spiny water fleas is an invasive zooplankter that received increasing attention over the past decade as its effects on Great Lakes ecology became apparent and invasion of the region's inland waters began to occur. National Park units in the western Great Lakes region feature abundant and valuable inland water resources that are vulnerable to invasion by fleas. Two lakes at Pictured Rocks have already been invaded. The propo...
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Eligibility snapshot
This is a single source award to Michigan Technological University under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The applicant is uniquely qualified by their long term experience with working with both native zooplankton and invasive spiny water flea.
