OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the analysis and modeling of hydrology and salinity dynamics in vadose zone and it relationship to the health of coastal baldcypress swamps. Questions of major interest over the next decades include (1) can lowered tree health along rivers such as the Neches be related to salinity levels in the vadose zone, (2) can modeled changes in surface hydrology and water management be used to offset harmful levels of salinity during drought or following salinity intrusion events to offset declines of tree production and survivorship.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356 &lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov &lt;br/&gt;