Ecological Indicators for the Great Rivers of the Central Basin

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Ecological Indicators for the Great Rivers of the Central Basin: In this announcement the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), solicits grant applications to establish one Great Rivers Ecological Indicator Research Program. The goal of the program is to support research for the development of biological indicators to report on the status and trends of large river systems. The geographic focus of this solicitation is the Central Basin of the United States; the rivers of interest being the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio. The need is for biological indicators that capture the physical and ecological variability of the region. The environmental issues and impacts for the aquatic system not only cross many scales but also strongly interact across ecological, economic, and social realms. Thus, EPA is also interested in developing indicators which can capture and report on the interactions between the ecological health of the streams and their regional economies,such that we can measure progress towards ecological and economic sustainability.