OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Southern Appalachian Mountain 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 Southern Appalachian Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on hydrologically driven ecological change in Sinking Pond, a 35-hectare, seasonally flooded karst depression located on Arnold Air Force Base near Manchester, Tennessee. The research will explicitly compare current spatial and demographic patterns of overcup oak (Qercus lyrata) and associated tree species with patterns previously documented in a 2.3-hectare study plot documented by Wolfe and others (2004).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov