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

9309283 Overstreet博士提出的为期三年的合作研究项目。墨西哥湾沿岸研究实验室的Robin Overstreet和William Hawkins，以及台湾屏东农业研究所的Peter Lin Sun教授。该提案要求为开展合作研究提供旅费和研究生资助，以确定罗非鱼中是否存在可识别的生物标志物，以指示不同程度的污染。如果在鱼类中发现成功和可靠的污染监测生物标志物，它们可以快速指示水生环境的状况。该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种新技术。台湾是本研究的重点，因为在不同程度的污染环境中，有相对丰富的可获得的温水鱼（罗非鱼）。孙博士注意到，受严重影响地区的罗非鱼出现病理性改变。​

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).