Survey of the Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago

千岛群岛生物多样性调查

• 批准号: 9400821
• 负责人: Theodore Pietsch
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-07-15 至 1995-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9400821&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Survey; Biodiversity; Kuril; Archipelago

9400821 Pietsch The islands of the Kuril Archipelago form the eastern boundary of the Okhotsk Sea and a bridge between Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka. They are a natural laboratory for investigations into the origin of insular populations. Although considerable information is available for wide-ranging, commercially important species, such as salmon and marine mammals, the flora and fauna of the Kurils as a whole are poorly known. At the same time, the current political situation poses a serious environmental threat to the islands. A team of no more than twelve Russian, Japanese, and American scientists will conduct a survey and inventory of the freshwater and terrestrial mollusks of Kunashir and Iturup, two of the most biologically diverse islands of the Kuril Archipelago. Working cooperatively with universities and the national and local governments of the host country, the project will provide training for faculty, students and government biologists. The results of this preliminary expedition will demonstrate whether a full-scale biotic survey, of the kind described in the initial proposal, is feasible. At the same time, the work will represent a significant start toward building a foundation of information to promote long-term future research and conservation.

小行星9400821 千岛群岛的岛屿构成了鄂霍次克海的东部边界，也是日本最北端的岛屿北海道和俄罗斯堪察加半岛半岛之间的桥梁。 它们是研究岛屿种群起源的天然实验室。 虽然有关于鲑鱼和海洋哺乳动物等范围广泛、具有重要商业价值的物种的大量资料，但对整个千岛群岛的植物群和动物群知之甚少。 与此同时，目前的政治局势对群岛构成严重的环境威胁。 一个由不超过12名俄罗斯、日本和美国科学家组成的小组将对千岛群岛中生物多样性最丰富的两个岛屿--国后岛和伊图鲁普岛的淡水和陆生软体动物进行调查和清点。 该项目将与东道国的大学、国家和地方政府合作，为教师、学生和政府生物学家提供培训。 这次初步考察的结果将表明，初步提案中所述的那种全面生物调查是否可行。 与此同时，这项工作将是建立信息基础以促进未来长期研究和保护的重要开端。