Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU

Funding Opportunity Number: G14AS00097 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.808Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-USGS1Closing Date: Jun 23, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 12, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The USGS Alaska Science Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on ¿Seasonal and diurnal activity patterns of polar bears in the Chukchi and southern Beaufort Seas¿. This research will advance our understanding of the mechanisms by which polar bears may be responding to changes in the availability of sea ice habitat. One of the primary mechanisms by which sea ice appears to be affecting polar bear populations is via reduced body condition and associated effects on reproduction and cub survival. This is hypothesized to be largely attributed to declines in foraging opportunities resulting from a decline in the duration of sea ice cover over productive habitats where the primary prey of polar bears, ice seals, occur. One way in which polar bears might cope with reduced foraging opportunities, particularly during the annual sea ice minimum, would be to reduce energy expenditure through reduced activity. This may occur pr...

Source: Grants.gov - June 13, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding