Understanding Dynamics of Estuarine Environments: A Sampling Program to Investigate Biotic and Physical Interactions in Upper Narragansett Bay

了解河口环境的动态：调查上纳拉甘西特湾生物和物理相互作用的抽样计划

• 批准号: 9153157
• 负责人: Warren Prell
• 金额: $ 7.26万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-04-01 至 1993-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9153157&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Understanding; Dynamics; Estuarine; Environments; Sampling

The project "UNDERSTANDING DYNAMICS OF ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS" is central to a revised marine science curriculum and an ESTUARINE SAMPLING PROGRAM (ESP) in Narragansett Bay near Brown University. Sampling equipment obtained through this grant consists of moorings of Sea Bird CTDs, dissolved oxygen sensors, and in situ fluorometers. Arrays of the ESP moorings allow the students to obtain continuous high resolution records of the properties needed to understand the physical and biotic processes that influence population distributions. Automated moorings combined with supplementary sampling from small boats enable students to collect the data needed to adequately constrain circulation patterns, identify the scales of natural variability in biotic and physical processes, and develop a true understanding of how complex estuarine systems work.

“理解河口环境动力学”项目是布朗大学附近纳拉甘西特湾修订海洋科学课程和河口采样计划（ESP）的核心。通过这笔拨款获得的采样设备包括海鸟ctd系泊装置、溶解氧传感器和原位荧光计。ESP系泊阵列使学生能够获得连续的高分辨率记录，以了解影响种群分布的物理和生物过程。自动系泊与小船的补充采样相结合，使学生能够收集充分约束环流模式所需的数据，确定生物和物理过程中自然变化的尺度，并对复杂的河口系统如何工作产生真正的理解。