Equipment to Support Undergraduate Instruction in Riverine Ecology.

支持河流生态学本科教学的设备。

• 批准号: 8750735
• 负责人: James Hodgson
• 金额: $ 0.81万
• 依托单位: St. Norbert College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-07-15 至 1989-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8750735&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; Support; Undergraduate; Instruction; Riverine

A number of recent developments make it highly desirable for this institution to develop its capability to exploit the Fox River as a convenient outdoor laboratory for coursework and independent student research. Included among these are the approval of a new Environmental Science major, increased emphasis on aquatic research by faculty in the Biological Sciences, improvement in water quality and biotic diversity in the Fox River, and the relative inaccessibility of traditional terrestrial and small aquatic sites. (Although limited shore-based sampling was possible before the acquisition of the equipment provided in part through this grant, a lack of sampling gear appropriate for large riverine habitats prevented thorough use of the river.) Acquisition of a versatile new boat-contained aquatic sampling system with capabilities for electrofishing and for making standard limnological measurements in large aquatic habitats effectively removes that barrier, making possible sound field-based laboratory experiences for undergraduates in this program.

最近的一些发展使得该机构非常希望发展其能力，利用福克斯河作为课程作业和独立学生研究的便利户外实验室。 其中包括批准新的环境科学专业、生物科学系教师更加重视水生研究、福克斯河水质和生物多样性的改善以及传统陆地和小型水生场所相对难以进入。 （虽然在购买部分通过这笔赠款提供的设备之前可以进行有限的岸上采样，但由于缺乏适合大型河流栖息地的采样设备，阻碍了河流的充分利用。）购买了一个多功能的新型船载水生采样系统，该系统具有电捕鱼和在大型水生栖息地进行标准湖泊学测量的能力，有效地消除了这一障碍，使本专业本科生能够获得基于声场的实验室体验。 程序。