Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North & West Alaska CESU

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	Federal Grant Title:	Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North & West Alaska CESU
	CFDA Number:	15.808
	CFDA Description:	U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection
	Federal Agency Name:	Geological Survey
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	G11AS20041
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 31, 2011
	Creation Date:	May 31, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 10, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 10, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jul 10, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	25,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the North & West Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Grant Description: The USGS Alaska Science Center is offering a funding opportunity for research to evaluate the potential climate-driven effects of phenological shifts on the availability and abundance of nutrients in the primary summer forages of arctic ungulates. For caribou and muskoxen, the high seasonal variation in plant abundance and quality accentuates the need to replenish body stores during a short growing season that is critical for reproduction and winter survival. Consequently, the predominant effects of climate changes to populations of northern herbivores are likely to be nutritionally mediated through changes in vegetative phenology and nutrient content during the summer. Thus, assessing long-term changes in temperature and vegetative phenology and the spatio-temporal dynamics of nutrients will elucidate the potential bottom-up effects of climate changes to populations of northern ungulates. This research will assess the nutrient concentration of common caribou and muskoxen forages collected every 2 weeks from May to September, 2011-13. The study area comprises the elevation gradient along the Haul Road from Toolik Lake to Prudhoe Bay, AK. Nutrient analyses of forages (n = 405 in 2011; Eriophorum vaginatum, Carex aquatilis, Pedicularis langsdorfii, Salix pulchra, and Salix alaxensis) includes the following: 1) Proximate analysis: analytical dry matter, ash, neutral and acid detergent fiber, and acid lignin; and 2) Nutrient concentrations: gross energy, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, copper, and zinc.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356

Contracting Officer [fgraves@usgs.gov]
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