Grantee Research Project Results

2005 Progress Report: Integration and Coordination for STARMAP

EPA Grant Number: R829095C005
Subproject: this is subproject number 005 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R829095
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Space-Time Aquatic Resources Modeling and Analysis Program (STARMAP)
Center Director: Urquhart, N. Scott
Title: Integration and Coordination for STARMAP
Investigators: Urquhart, N. Scott , Davis, Richard A. , Stevens, Don L.
Institution: Colorado State University , Oregon State University
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2006
Project Period Covered by this Report: October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005
RFA: Research Program on Statistical Survey Design and Analysis for Aquatic Resources (2001) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Aquatic Ecosystems , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Watersheds , Water

Objective:

The objective of this research project is to obtain appropriate personnel, data, and equipment in a timely fashion so that the other subprojects can pursue their respective lines of endeavor with a minimum of administrative distraction.

Progress Summary:

The Director: (1) monitored the progress of subprojects R829095C001–C004, including oversight of their budgets, staffing, and coordination; (2) monitored subcontracts to Oregon State University, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks; (3) assembled and submitted quarterly and annual reports; and (4) coordinated various matters with Designs and Models for Aquatic Resource Surveys (DAMARS), the Oregon State University Program, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, and the Program’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Project Officer.

The Director assisted Don Stevens, the Director of the DAMARS Program, in organizing and executing the Fourth Annual Conference on Statistical Survey Design and Analysis for Aquatic Resources, also known as Statistics for Aquatic Resources: Monitoring, Modeling and Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, September 7-9, 2005. That program is documented at: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/statistics/epa_program/meeting.html Exit .

Future Activities:

The Director will continue to monitor the progress of subprojects R829095C001 through R829095C004 and their coordination, as well as monitor the progress of subcontracts with Oregon State University, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. He will coordinate the program’s activities with various parties. He will prepare and submit quarterly and final reports to the EPA Project Officer and will maintain and expand the STARMAP Web Site.

The Director will continue to facilitate development of subcontract relations with young statisticians at other institutions.

Journal Articles:

No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 3 publications for this subproject

Supplemental Keywords:

management, efficiency,, RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Aquatic Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Environmental Monitoring, EMAP, water quality, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, ecosystem monitoring, modeling ecosystems, spatial and temporal modeling, STARMAP, aquatic indicators, aquatic ecosystems

Relevant Websites:

http://www.stat.colostate.edu/starmap/ Exit
http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/starmap/ Exit

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

Main Center Abstract and Reports:

R829095 Space-Time Aquatic Resources Modeling and Analysis Program (STARMAP)

Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R829095C001 Combining Environmental Data Sets
R829095C002 Local Inferences from Aquatic Studies
R829095C003 Development and Evaluation of Aquatic Indicators
R829095C004 Extension of Expertise on Design and Analysis to States and Tribes
R829095C005 Integration and Coordination for STARMAP

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