The USGS Alaska Science Center is offering a grant to investigate the long-term physiological stress response of polar bears.
SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant, offered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center, is designed to support research characterizing the long-term physiological stress response of polar bears in a changing environment. Specifically, the objective is to investigate the relationship between polar bear hair cortisol concentrations and sea ice conditions over three decades. This study will focus on polar bears captured in the southern Beaufort and Chukchi seas, where subpopulations [...]