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Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU" (Funding Opportunity Number 09HQPA0052), is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding announcement issued through the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK). It supports a research project focused on understanding how wetland hydrology varies across different monitoring locations and how those hydrologic patterns relate to changes in vegetation over time. The core idea is to use high time-resolution hydrologic measurements to capture both rapid, short-term fluctuations (such as event-driven changes) and longer-term trends (such as seasonal or gradual shifts), then compare patterns across sites to better understand hydraulic gradients and ecological response.

A central technical requirement is the use of generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) to analyze the hydrologic time series. The GAMMs are intended to separate short- and long-term behavior at individual monitoring locations while properly accounting for spatial and temporal correlation in the data (for example, repeated measurements from the same site, or measurements that are autocorrelated through time). After characterizing these time-series patterns, the project aims to link the modeled behaviors to site-specific characteristics, including geological attributes and vegetation conditions. The announcement suggests two broad analysis pathways: first, incorporating site characteristics directly into the GAMM framework to explain differences among locations; and second, using patterns extracted from the GAMMs and then testing their association with vegetation or geology using multivariate permutation-based methods, such as Multiple Response Permutation Procedure (MRPP) or permutation MANOVA (PERMANOVA).

A notable complication the project must address involves slug tests that were performed to estimate hydraulic conductivity of surrounding materials. Because slug tests can temporarily disturb the hydrologic signal, the announcement emphasizes that their effects should be removed before interpreting broader site hydrology patterns. To do this, the work is expected to apply time series intervention modeling approaches to estimate the magnitude and duration of slug-test impacts and to produce corrected time series with those effects removed for subsequent modeling and ecological interpretation.

Administratively, the award is to be made as a cooperative agreement, with one expected award and an estimated total funding amount of $37,483. There is no stated cost-sharing or matching requirement. The associated CFDA number is 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). Eligibility is limited to organizations that are official participating partners in the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, reflecting the CESU structure as a partnership mechanism for research, technical assistance, and education. The opportunity was posted July 14, 2009, with a closing date of July 24, 2009, and it was later archived on August 23, 2009. The listed contact for access issues is Faith Graves, Contract Specialist, at 703-648-7356.

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