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Institute: Alabama
Year Established: 2008 Start Date: 2008-03-01 End Date: 2009-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $24,998 Total Non-Federal Funds: $33,739
Principal Investigators: William Deutsch
Project Summary: The researchers will test newly developed technologies and testing equipment, as well as statistically analyze years of data on Alabama lakes to evaluate the development of a citizen monitoring protocol for nutrient testing, and the development of credible surrogates by which citizen monitors can estimate eutrophication of waterbodies.