AIT (U.S) - CCNAA (Taiwan) Cooperative Research: Biomarkers in Fish from Contaminated Rivers and Ponds in Taiwan

小行星9309283 这是一项为期三年的合作研究项目，由美国墨西哥湾沿岸研究实验室的Robin Overstreet博士和William Hawkins博士以及台湾国立屏东农业研究所的Peter Lin Sun教授提出。 该提案要求提供旅行和研究生支持资金，以开展合作研究，以确定罗非鱼中是否存在可识别的生物标志物，以指示不同的污染水平。 如果在鱼类中发现成功和可靠的生物标志物用于污染监测，它们可以快速指示水生环境的状况。 这项研究计划通过将寄生虫学方法应用于生物监测领域来测试一项新技术。 台湾对这项研究很重要，因为 在不同程度的污染环境中，有相对丰富的可接近的暖水鱼类（罗非鱼）。 孙彼得博士指出，严重受影响地区的罗非鱼出现了病理变化。 该项目可以通过将研究生的工作纳入与美国截然不同的系统中，在人力资源开发方面做出重大贡献。该项目由NSF和台湾国家科学理事会（NSC）共同支持。

9309283 Overstreet This is a three-year cooperative research project proposed by Drs. Robin Overstreet and William Hawkins, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and Professor Peter Lin Sun, Taiwan National Pingtung Institute of Agriculture. This proposal requests funds for travel and graduate student support to carry out cooperative research to determine if there are identifiable biomarkers in tilapia for indication different levels of pollution. If successful and reliable biomarkers in fish for pollution monitoring are found, they can be a quick indication of the condition of aquatic environments. The study plans to test a new technique by adapting parasitological methods to the field of biomonitoring. Taiwan is important for this research since there are relatively abundant accessible warmwater fish (tilapia) living in the different levels of polluted environments. Dr. Peter Sun has noted that the tilapia in the grossly affected area are showing pathological alterations. The project can contribute significantly in human resource development by inclusion of graduate student work in systems which are very different from those in the U.S. This project is jointly supported by the NSF and the Taiwan National Science Council (NSC).