Grantee Research Project Results
Environmental Research in Coastal Louisiana
EPA Grant Number: R827785E01Title: Environmental Research in Coastal Louisiana
Investigators: Dagg, Michael
Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: March 17, 2002 through March 16, 2003
Project Amount: $483,939
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
Objective:
The main objectives of this research project are to: (1) provide Internet access to basic information about Louisiana's coastal environment for students and scientists in Louisiana's university community for educational and research activities; and (2) provide a monitoring system accessible to all university scientists for developing their own research or educational programs requiring coastal information.
Supplemental Keywords:
coastal monitoring, Internet, monitoring system., RFA, Scientific Discipline, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Waste, Water, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Water & Watershed, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Restoration, climate change, Monitoring/Modeling, Fate & Transport, Aquatic Ecosystem, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biochemistry, Ecology and Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Watersheds, environmental monitoring, fate and transport, environmental measurement, water circulation, watershed management, sediment transport, continuous monitoring, coastal zone, restoration strategies, Lake Pontchartrain, particle reactive contaminants, integrated watershed model, watershed influences, hydrology, coastal ecosystems, water quality, aquatic ecosystems, environmental stress, source load modeling, watershed sustainablility, ecosystem stress, ecology assessment models, ecological impact, watershed restoration, heavy metals, water monitoringProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.