OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#226;&#191;&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program.
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to participate in a collaborative team effort to study Lake Ontario lake trout reproductive health as part of the Lake Ontario 2018 Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative (CSMI) year. The Management Strategy for the Restoration of Lake Trout in Lake Ontario, 2014 Update (http://www.glfc.org/lakecom/loc/lochome.php) has identified the effects of dietary thiaminase on egg and larval survival as one of the most substantial impediments to the establishment of a self-sustaining population.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;