U.S. - Russia Studies of Northern Marine Ecosystems

9316232科尔这笔跨部门转移给美国鱼类和野生动物管理局的资金为美俄环境协议下的第四次联合海洋考察提供了费用分摊。1993年的考察队将包括来自几个机构的美国科学家和位于莫斯科的俄罗斯全球气候与生态研究所的科学家。这次考察将重点关注污染物的生物地球化学循环、相关的海洋学过程、流经该地区的北太平洋水域的食物网相互作用，以及水/沉积物界面上有机污染物的行为。研究的地理区域将从白令海和楚科奇海的大陆架到白令海深处。密集的生物采样地点将包括几个长期监测点（多边形），自1977年以来已对这些监测点进行了四次访问。俄罗斯和美国的研究是全面和高度整合的，数据将对海洋科学和极地项目部门感兴趣。＊＊＊

9316232 Kohl This interagency transfer to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides cost sharing for the fourth in a series of joint oceanographic expeditions under the U.S.-Russia Environmental Agreement. The 1993 expedition will involve U.S. scientists from several institutions and scientists from Russia's Institute of Global Climate and Ecology in Moscow. The expedition will focus on the biogeochemical cycles of contaminants, related oceanographic processes, food-web interactions in North Pacific waters flowing through the area, and behavior of organic pollutants at the water/sediment interface. Geographic areas of study will range from the continental shelves of the Bering and Chukchi Seas to the deep Bering Sea. Intensive biological sampling locations will include several long-term monitoring sites (polygons) that have been visited four times since 1977. The Russian-American research is comprehensive and highly integrated and the data will be of interest to the Divisions of Ocean Sciences and Polar Programs. ***