Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

Amount

$201,684.00

Award Date

7/09/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The ability of coastal wetlands to survive accelerated sea level rise is a critically important and open question. Coastal marshes, which are dominated by the march grass Spartina alterniflora, build the land vertically (accrete) through a combination of