In FY2005, the CHRP program held its first request for proposals. Out of that competitive, peer-reviewed process, six multi-year, interdisciplinary grants with anticipated funding of approximately $6.5 million over five-years were awarded to study hypoxia impacts on estuarine ecosystems. Twenty-seven scientists at 15 institutions will investigate hypoxia impacts in a range of systems including Narragansett Bay, Albemarle Estuary, Puget Sound , Delaware Coastal Bays, and Atlantic Coast Estuaries. Research efforts will focus on retrospective analysis, development of predictive models, determination of estuary susceptibility to nutrient loading and assessing the impact of hypoxia on key living resources. Abstracts for individual projects can be found below. (What has been accomplished to date?)
CSCOR sponsored scientific investigations have documented the seasonal hypoxic zone off the Louisiana continental shelf since 1990. In the summer of 2002, the hypoxic zone reached its largest extent, measuring 22,000 km2, an area greater than the size of Massachusetts. CSCOR studies have produced considerable evidence that increased nutrient loading from the Mississippi River system is the dominant factor in creating this hypoxia problem. Their hindcast and forecast models have been key tools to understanding the relationship between nutrient loading and hypoxic area, and have enhanced predicitve capabilities on which management strategies to reduce hypoxia are based. Studies have also documented the effects of Gulf hypoxia on the fine-scale distributions and health of fish and shrimp. (Need to revise?)
CSCOR-supported Research Provides Foundation for Effective Management of the Dead Zone
In it's first year......what can we say they have accomplished?
what can we say they have accomplished?
