Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2718 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (144606)
Principal Investigator: Wei Xu
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 49,739
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 10/1/22 - 12/31/23
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: 2H - Biological and Other Life Sciences
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Center For Coastal Studies
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Black Rail Occupancy in the CBBEP Boundary
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Program Title: none
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1. - "...The eastern black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) (BLRA) was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2020 primarily due to loss of habitat....very little is known about the occurrence of BLRA within the CBBEP boundary. Supporting inventory and monitoring efforts to improve our understanding of distribution and abundance of existing BLRA populations is listed as a need for the species in the Recovery Outline. To help support this need, this contract will be to conduct surveys of BLRA within the CBBEP boundary, including within Nueces River Delta and Padre Island National Seashore. The final product will be a report that summarizes the findings and compares habitat parameters to occupancy by BLRA. Occupancy will be determined by ARU’s and/or eDNA...."
Discussion: No discussion notes