Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2681 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (144569)
Principal Investigator: Daniel Coffey
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 150,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 9/1/22 - 8/31/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: 2C - Environment Sciences
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Life Sciences
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Focused flows to protect estuarine nursery habitats
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Texas Water Development Board
Program Title: none
Note:
SAMs 1.1.7 - "...This project directly addresses several Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees (BBASC) work plan priorities for adaptive management of bays and estuaries... This project will support the coast-wide adaptive management of freshwater inflow to seven estuaries (Sabine-Neches, Trinity-San Jacinto, Lavaca-Colorado, Guadalupe, Mission-Aransas, Nueces, and Laguna Madre)...Identify locations where focused flow strategies could protect estuarine nursery habitat and function. ...This project offers a potential strategy for environmental flow stakeholders to consider as part of the adaptive management process for ensuring freshwater inflows provide a sound ecological environment along the coast...."
Discussion: No discussion notes