NOAA'S NORTHERN GULF INSTITUTE ECOYSTEM DATA ASSEMBLY CENTER SUPPORT. THE NATIONAL COASTAL DATA DEVELOPEMNT…

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NOAA'S NORTHERN GULF INSTITUTE ECOYSTEM DATA ASSEMBLY CENTER SUPPORT. THE NATIONAL COASTAL DATA DEVELOPEMNT (NCDDC) DIRECTLY SUPPORTS NOAA'S ECOYSTEM STRATEGIC GOAL WHICH AIMS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF FEDERAL,STATE,LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGES TO MAKE DEDCISIONS THAT PROTECT,RESTORE AND THE COSTAL ECOSYSTEM. THE EARTH'S COASTAL ECOYSSTEMS ARE HOME TO A WEALTH OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLE ARE LINKED TO THESE NATIONAL TREASURES. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF OUR COASTAL REGIONS IS CRITICAL TO OUR ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING,WATERBORNE COMMERCEMHOME CONSTRUCTION AND TOURISM. AS PART OF ITS MISSION NCDDC IN COLLARBORATION WITH NOAA'S NORTHER GULF INSTITUTE AN DUNDER SUPONSORSHIP OF NOAA;S OFFICE OF OCEANIC AN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR)IS DEVELOPING THE ECOSYSTEM DATA ASSEMBLY CENTER (EDAC) THE EDAC WILL GATHER 4 GENERAL TYPES OF DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF 1 DEFINING THE UNIQUE PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO (GOM) REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM 2 DEFINING GOM ECOSYSTEM SUB-UNITS BASED ON NATURAL-SCIENCE CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING AN EXOSYSTEM APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT 3 APPLYING COMMON INDICATORS OF ECOYSSTEM HEALTH AND 4 INTERGRATING WATERSHED DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUANTIFYING THE "INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE MARINE SYSTEM AND ADJACENT WATER SHED. NCCDC REQUESTS HIGHLY SPECIFIC SUPPORT TO FUTHER DEVELOP THE EDAC DURING FY09. THE SUPPORT FALLS INTO 4 PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; NOAA PHYTOPLANKTON MONITORING NETWORK ENHANCEMENT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF FO MEXICO HISTORICAL ECOSYSTEM DATA CATALOGING INTO THE EDAC; MICRO-SCALE ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT WITHIN ESTUARINE WATERS AND MERCURY MONITORING (FISH TISSUES) WITHIN THE WATERS OF THE NORTHER GULF OF MEXICO NCDDC REQUEST THE MRC AT SSC ISSUE THE REQUEST FOR STATE OF WORK HERIN OUTLINED TO MSU,GEORESOURCES INSTITUTE THE NCDDC DIRECTOR AND CHIEF SCIENTIST WILL PROVIDE PROJECT OVERSIGHT RELATED TO THE EDAC PROJECT.THE FRI LSHALL PROVIDE REMOTE STAFFING TO THE EDAC 2 PARTIME GRADUATE ASSISTANTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF QUALIFIED ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER DATA ACCESSIONS INTO NOAA'S PHYTOPLANKTON MONITORING NETWORK AND EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK WITHIN THE REGION. 1 DATA MAMNAGER FOR CATLOGING HISTORICAL ECOSYSTEM DATA INTO THE EDAC 1 PART TIME GRADUATE ASSISTANT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF QUALIFIED ACADEMIC RESEARCHER TO SUPPORT FISH TISSUE SAMPLING FOR MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN THE NORTHER GULF OF MEXICO AND SUBSEQUENT DATA SUBMISSION TO THE EDAC THE GRI SHALL SUPPORT A MICRO-SCALE ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT WITH SUPPORTING DATA SUBMITTED TO THEEDAC SPECIFICALLY CONTINUE SURVEYING OF THERR COASTAL LAGOONS OF NOAA INTEREST TWICE A MONTH IN THE PERDIDO BAY AREA. THE VARIABLES TO BE MEASUREND AND SUBMITTED TOT HEEDAC COMPISE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL VARIABLES (WATER COLUMN SLAINITY,TEMPERATURE,OXYGEN,LIGHT PENETRATION, WATER COLUMN DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN, PHOSPHATE AND SEDIMENT PORE WATER INORGANIC NUTRIENTS AND BIROLOGICAL VARIBLES (MICROALGAL CHLORPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE WATER COLUMN ADN SEDIMENT SEAGRASS STRUCTURE, BIOMASS AND PRODUCTIVITY,SEAGRASS NUTRIENT CONTENT, EPIPHYTE BIOMASS, DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF INVERTEBRATE FAUNA IN SEAGRASS PATCHES AND BASE SEDIMENT, AND SYSTEM METOBLISH-GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY,RESPIRATION AND NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIVITY FOR WATER COLUMN SEAGRASS PATCHES AND BASE SEDIMENT. THESE DATA SHALL ALLOW INFERENCES TO BE MADE AS TO HOW HUMAN UTILIZATION OF WATERSHEDS AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF COASTAL LAGOONS AND SERVICES OFFERED TO HUMANKIND AND WILDLIFE AND HOW THESE RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER GOEGRAPHIC AREAS. FINAL DATA SUBMISSIONS AND SEMI ANNUAL REPORTS OF PROGRESS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE NCDDC SHEIF SCIENTISH AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER. GOVERNMENT FURNISHE INFORMATION (GFI) ACCESS TO NCDDC PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOS FOR TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE WITH ELECTRONIC DATA SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE PROFIDE