This $508,634 project grant awarded on January 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program will be used by the Natural Resources South Carolina Department to study whether shorebirds forage for horseshoe crab eggs in marsh habitats. The project aims to determine if the assumption that egg availability to shorebirds can be modeled directly from counts of horseshoe crabs is valid, as well as create models to inform future management decisions. Key activities will include assessing horseshoe crab egg abundance in marsh systems and analyzing shorebird usage of these areas. The findings will help update the assumptions and models used in the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) framework for managing shorebird and horseshoe crab populations.
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