NSF Org:	EAR Division Of Earth Sciences
Recipient:	THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Initial Amendment Date:	January 22, 2009
Latest Amendment Date:	January 22, 2009
Award Number:	0907871
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	H. Richard Lane EAR  Division Of Earth Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	February 1, 2009
End Date:	July 31, 2010 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$12,964.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$12,964.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2009 = $12,964.00
History of Investigator:	Lisa Park Boush (Principal Investigator) lisa.park_boush@uconn.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Akron 302 BUCHTEL COMMON AKRON OH  US  44325-0001 (330)972-2760
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Akron 302 BUCHTEL COMMON AKRON OH  US  44325-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	DFNLDECWM8J8
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Sedimentary Geo & Paleobiology
Primary Program Source:	01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 9237, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	745900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

SGER: Lake Faunas Through Time: Tracking Clades onto Continents

Lisa E. Park, EAR-0907871
University of Akron

ABSTRACT
PI requests funds archive her lakes through time database in two NSF supported database efforts, Paleostrat and Paleobiology Database. The nature and scope of this data will allow many questions key to the history of life to be addressed, including: 1) how does lake faunal diversity in the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras compare with the biodiversity patterns from the marine realm? 2) do lake faunas follow the logistic, additive or exponential model of diversification? 3) what happened in lakes during mass extinction events such as those found at the Permian/Triassic or Cretaceous/Tertiary boundaries? Since most modern diversity is found today in continental environments, answering these and other questions will allow the community to better understand modern biodiversity and how it might be impacted by climate change and other anthropogenically-driven change. The database has the potential to revolutionize how we look at the history of life on Earth and it will catalyze advances in our understanding of biological evolution as a whole. Therefore this request satisfies at least one of the five criteria for awarding a SGER.

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