CN-370000-WM943-T8.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment A) and Statement of Work for DEP Contract No. WM943, a Florida state and local indefinite delivery contract. The contractor is the University of Florida (FEID No. 59-6002052), with Curtis D. Pollman, Ph.D., serving as the Contractor Contract Manager and Devan R. Cobb as the DEP Contract Manager. The contract falls under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration.

Task Assignment No. 8 is a cost reimbursement task with a total value of $24,845.00, executed through September 30, 2014. The scope of work involves "Review and Additional Modeling for Paleolimnological Models" to improve inferential models for estimating historical chlorophyll a concentrations in Florida lakes based on diatom assemblages in sediment cores. The work comprises two primary objectives: (1) Task 1 requires examination and review of data from a previous study by Whitmore et al. (2014), including univariate and multivariate analyses with results due July 15, 2014, and (2) Task 2 involves additional modeling efforts to develop improved transfer functions relating diatom assemblages to chlorophyll a and total phosphorus concentrations, with a final report due by September 30, 2014. The task funding is allocated against Org Code 37303050000, with monthly cost breakdowns provided in the accompanying budget detail table.