Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$274,525.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Intellectual Merit: Although ocean margins cover only 5% of the ocean surface, as much as 50% of integrated oceanic new production occurs over continental shelves and slopes. Even with their significance in the global carbon cycle, it is still not clear