National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
Natural Resources and the Environment
Watershed Processes and Water Resources

Projects funded for FY 2003

Note: Each proposal number is linked directly to its respective
CSREES Current Research Information System (CRIS) record.


Principal Investigator: Ferre, P.; Warrick, A. W.
Proposal Number: 2003-01254 external link
Performing Institution: University of Arizona
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13674; $255,000; 36 months
Title of Award: MONITORING OF WATER FLOW AT INTERMEDIATE SCALES USING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY

Principal Investigator: Chaubey, I.; Haggard, B.; Srivastava, P.
Proposal Number: 2003-01584 external link
Performing Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13599; $75,000; 24 months
Title of Award: DIFFERENTIATING RUNOFF CONTRIBUTING AREAS FOR EFFECTIVE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Principal Investigator: Ziegler, S. E.; Hays, P. D.
Proposal Number: 2003-01597 external link
Performing Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13515; $74,995; 12 months
Title of Award: A COUPLED BIOGEOCHEMICAL/HYDROLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ELUCIDATING TRANSPORT AND CYCLING OF NITROGEN WITHIN MANTLED KARST WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: Tomberlin, D. A.
Proposal Number: 2003-01632 external link
Performing Institution: National Marine Fisheries Service
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13600; $73,386; 24 months
Title of Award: A MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR REDUCING SEDIMENT LOADS FROM FOREST ROADS

Principal Investigator: Fisher, A. T.
Proposal Number: 2003-01408 external link
Performing Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13531; $322,000; 36 months
Title of Award: THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE WATER- GROUND WATER INTERACTIONS ON WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY

Principal Investigator: Link, T.
Proposal Number: 2003-01264 external link
Performing Institution: UNIV OF IDAHO
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13675; $259,614; 36 months
Title of Award: IMPACT OF FOREST TREATMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON HYDROLOGIC REGIMES

Principal Investigator: Lydy, M. J.
Proposal Number: 2003-01578 external link
Performing Institution: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13545; $276,000; 24 months
Title of Award: MECHANISMS OF PESTICIDE INTERACTIONS IN AQUATIC ORGANISMS: IMPLICATIONS TO WATERSHED CONTAMINATION AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

Principal Investigator: Cooke, R. A.; Kalita, P. K.
Proposal Number: 2003-01276 external link
Performing Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13547; $310,000; 36 months
Title of Award: DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR WATERSHED-SCALE SUBSURFACE BIOREACTORS

Principal Investigator: Perlinger, J. A.; Perram, D. L.
Proposal Number: 2003-01582 external link
Performing Institution: Michigan Technological University
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13525; $24,764; 12 months
Title of Award: ANALYTICAL PTV-GC-MS SYSTEM TO MEASURE VAPOR AND PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS OF (SEMI)-VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS

Principal Investigator: Gupta, S. C.; Goyal, S.; Singh, A.; Kumar, K.
Proposal Number: 2003-01599 external link
Performing Institution: UNIV OF MINNESOTA
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13519; $310,000; 36 months
Title of Award: ANTIBIOTIC LOSSES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE FROM MANURE APPLICATIONS

Principal Investigator: Ferraris, R. P.; Sugiura, S.
Proposal Number: 2003-01417 external link
Performing Institution: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13520; $312,000; 36 months
Title of Award: EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE METABOLISM ON PHOSPHORUS LEVELS IN AQUACULTURE EFFLUENTS

Principal Investigator: Hendrickx, J. M.
Proposal Number: 2003-01640 external link
Performing Institution: New Mexico Tech
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13524; $25,000; 12 months
Title of Award: A SCINTILLOMETER FOR MEASUREMENT OF SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES ON 100 TO 10,000 M SCALES OVER HETEROGENEOUS WATERSHEDS

Principal Investigator: Hendrickx, J. H.
Proposal Number: 2003-01287 external link
Performing Institution: New Mexico Tech
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13654; $304,000; 24 months
Title of Award: ESTIMATION OF REGIONAL CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING USING SEBAL

Principal Investigator: Lovett, G. M.; Jones, C. G.; Turner, M. G.; Weathers, K. C.
Proposal Number: 2003-01253 external link
Performing Institution: INST OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13227; $10,000; 12 months
Title of Award: ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES: THE TENTH CARY CONFERENCE

Principal Investigator: Genereux, D. P.; Corbett, D. R.; Mitasova, H.
Proposal Number: 2003-01385 external link
Performing Institution: North Carolina State University
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13656; $325,000; 36 months
Title of Award: QUANTIFYING NITROGEN TRANSPORT FROM GROUNDWATER TO A RIVER IN A LARGE AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED IN NORTH CAROLINA

Principal Investigator: Mitsch, W. J.; Schwartz, F. W.; Zhang, L.
Proposal Number: 2003-01413 external link
Performing Institution: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13518; $272,040; 36 months
Title of Award: IMPORTANCE OF HYDROLOGIC PULSING ON THE WATER QUALITY FUNCTION OF WETLANDS IN MIDWESTERN USA

Principal Investigator: English, M. J.; Bolte, J.; Perry, G.
Proposal Number: 2003-01604 external link
Performing Institution: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13606; $289,000; 36 months
Title of Award: DEVELOPMENT OF ADVISORY SERVICES FOR OPTIMUM IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT

Principal Investigator: Hoaglund, J. R.
Proposal Number: 2003-01297 external link
Performing Institution: Pennsylvania State University; Environment Institute
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13587; $150,000; 36 months
Title of Award: IMPROVING GROUND WATER MODELS BY ADJUSTING TRANSVERSE ANISOTROPY REGRESSED FROM A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Principal Investigator: Boufadel, M. C.
Proposal Number: 2003-01280 external link
Performing Institution: Temple University
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13653; $256,000; 36 months
Title of Award: EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL CONTROLS ON SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN STREAMS

Principal Investigator: Zhang, H.
Proposal Number: 2003-01259 external link
Performing Institution: TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13526; $20,000; 12 months
Title of Award: GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF TRACE METALS: TRANSPORT, TRANSFORMATION, AND FATE OF MERCURY IN WATERSHED: A NEED FOR AN AUTOMATED GASEOUS

Principal Investigator: Parsons, R. L.; Wood, L.; Jokela, W.; Meals, D.; Cassell, E. A.; Hughell, D.
Proposal Number: 2003-01298 external link
Performing Institution: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13517; $229,900; 24 months
Title of Award: INTERACTIVE SPATIALLY DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT

Principal Investigator: Donovan, J. J.
Proposal Number: 2003-01277 external link
Performing Institution: West Virginia University
Amount of Award: Grant 2003-35102-13537; $216,916; 24 months
Title of Award: URBANIZATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE GREAT VALLEY KARST AQUIFER, WEST VIRGINIA-VIRGINIA