WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers-Wilmington District has issued a request for statements of interest for research to understand thermal mixing, water quality and algae dynamics with the pulsing of releases from Jordan Reservoir in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded  more