REU: Stable Isotopic Applications to Great Plains Ecology, Paleoecology, and Archeology

REU：稳定同位素在大平原生态学、古生态学和考古学中的应用

• 批准号: 8804021
• 负责人: Larry Tieszen
• 金额: $ 3.99万
• 依托单位: Augustana University Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-05-15 至 1989-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8804021&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Stable; Isotopic; Applications; Great

This award will provide continuing support for a Research Experiences for Undergraduate Site at Augustana College. This project will support undergraduate participation in a focused research program which integrates the research activities of six investigators, four from Augustana College, one from St. Olaf College, and one from The Nature Conservancy. The projects are integrated at the scientific level because of the common interests in prairie ecology and paleoecology and because aspects of each project benefit form the applications of the stable isotopes of C and N to the research methodology. This program will provide a coherent group and a unique methodology to approach paleoecological reconstructions in a geographic area of rich ecological resources. Nine students will study field and laboratory problems with a common focus. They will be expected to gain some mastery of the theoretical basis for their study as well as the experimental design and ultimate interpretation. Weekly seminars and workshops will review each project's theoretical basis and research design; enhance the students' library, laboratory and data handling research skills; and broaden their understanding of the related projects. The ten-week summer program will be followed by a January Symposium in which each student will present the interpreted results and conclusions and help develop the hypotheses and research designs for the on-going projects.

该奖项将为奥古斯塔纳学院本科生站点的研究经验提供持续支持。 该项目将支持本科生参与一项重点研究计划，该计划整合了六位研究人员的研究活动，其中四位来自奥古斯塔纳学院，一位来自圣奥拉夫学院，一位来自大自然保护协会。 由于草原生态学和古生态学的共同兴趣，并且每个项目的各个方面都受益于 C 和 N 稳定同位素在研究方法中的应用，因此这些项目在科学层面上进行了整合。 该计划将提供一个连贯的团队和独特的方法来在生态资源丰富的地理区域进行古生态重建。 九名学生将共同研究现场和实验室问题。 他们将有望掌握其研究的理论基础以及实验设计和最终解释。 每周的研讨会和讲习班将回顾每个项目的理论基础和研究设计；提高学生的图书馆、实验室和数据处理研究技能；并扩大他们对相关项目的了解。 为期十周的夏季课程之后将举行一月份的研讨会，每位学生将在会上展示解释的结果和结论，并帮助为正在进行的项目制定假设和研究设计。