IAI Workshop: Development of an IAI Research Center on Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms

IAI 研讨会：IAI 赤潮和有害藻华研究中心的发展

• 批准号: 9529691
• 负责人: Donald Anderson
• 金额: $ 3.93万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1998-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9529691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IAI; Workshop; Development; Research; Center

9529691 Anderson The proposed workshop will bring scientists from nine IAI countries together to establish a cooperative research program. An IAI Research Center for the study of Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) will be formed, consisting of a group of investigators and institutions from the region. The participants will work on common problems using uniform techniques and approaches. The overall goal of the program will be to examine the trends of HAB incidence, mechanisms underlying their formation, and possible linkages to human activities and global change phenomena. The ultimate objective is to develop common strategies to reverse the trend, manage affected resources and mitigate impacts. Workshop participants will develop four to five projects for the proposed Research Center, to be submitted to IAI for Phase II of the IAI Start-Up Grants. The scientific areas which will likely be addressed within the context of an IAI HAB Research Center are the following: oceanographic and environmental mechanisms underlying HABs; the relative importance of natural versus anthropogenic factors in HAB dynamics and distribution; HAB events associated with river outflows into coastal water; cooperative research into toxic dinoflagellate physiology and bloom dynamics; and assessing the extent to which harmful species have dispersed, either naturally or with accidental human assistance. In addition, the Phase II proposal for an HAB Center could also be used as a information network linking scientists, administrators, agencies involved in HAB issues. The HAB Center may also be used for educational activities which target both the scientific community and the general public. %%% The proposed workshop will bring scientists from nine IAI countries together to establish a cooperative research program for the study of Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB), consisting of a group of investigators and institutions from the region. The participants of this Research Center will work on common problems using uniform techniq ues and approaches. The overall goal of the program will be to examine the trends of HAB incidence, mechanisms underlying their formation, and possible linkages to human activities and global change phenomena. The ultimate objective is to develop common strategies to reverse the trend, manage affected resources and mitigate impacts. The workshop participants will develop four to five projects for the proposed Research Center to be submitted for Phase II of the IAI Start-Up Grants. The nature of the HAB problem has changed considerably over the last two decades in the Americas. In recent years, there has been a steady and alarming increase in marine HAB incidence that poses a serious threat to human health and economic development throughout the Americas, and there is therefore an urgent need to better understand this increase in marine HAB incidence. Two decades ago, only a few countries were affected, and then only in scattered locations. Now virtually every coastal country is threatened, in many cases over large geographic areas and by multiple harmful or toxic algal species. All coastal IAI member states have serious HAB problems, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay. Each of these countries will participate in the workshop as Member States of the IAI, an initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues in the Americas. The National Science Foundation is the designated U.S. Government to carry out U.S. responsibilities within the IAI. ***

[9529691]拟议中的研讨会将把来自IAI九个国家的科学家聚集在一起，建立一个合作研究计划。将成立一个IAI有害藻华研究中心（HAB），由该地区的一组研究人员和机构组成。参与者将使用统一的技术和方法解决常见问题。该项目的总体目标是研究赤潮发生的趋势、形成机制以及与人类活动和全球变化现象的可能联系。最终目标是制定共同战略，扭转这一趋势，管理受影响的资源并减轻影响。讲习班参与者将为拟议的研究中心开发4至5个项目，提交给IAI，以获得IAI启动资助的第二阶段。在IAI有害藻华研究中心范围内可能涉及的科学领域如下：有害藻华的海洋学和环境机制；自然因素与人为因素在赤潮动态和分布中的相对重要性；与河流外流到沿海水域有关的有害藻华事件；有毒鞭毛藻生理与华花动态的合作研究评估有害物种的扩散程度，无论是自然的还是偶然的人类协助。此外，第二阶段关于建立有害藻华中心的建议也可作为一个信息网络，将科学家、行政人员和参与有害藻华问题的机构联系起来。有害藻华中心也可用于针对科学界和一般公众的教育活动。提议的研讨会将把来自IAI 9个国家的科学家聚集在一起，建立一个研究有害藻华（HAB）的合作研究计划，由该地区的一组研究人员和机构组成。本研究中心的参与者将使用统一的技术和方法研究共同的问题。该项目的总体目标是研究赤潮发生的趋势、形成机制以及与人类活动和全球变化现象的可能联系。最终目标是制定共同战略，扭转这一趋势，管理受影响的资源并减轻影响。讲习班参与者将为拟议的研究中心开发4至5个项目，提交IAI启动资助的第二阶段。在过去的二十年里，美洲的赤潮问题的性质发生了很大的变化。近年来，海洋有害藻华的发病率以惊人的速度稳步上升，对整个美洲的人类健康和经济发展构成严重威胁，因此迫切需要更好地了解海洋有害藻华发病率的上升。20年前，只有少数国家受到影响，而且只是在分散的地区。现在，几乎每一个沿海国家都受到威胁，在许多情况下，大面积的地理区域受到多种有害或有毒藻类的威胁。所有IAI沿海成员国都有严重的赤潮问题，包括阿根廷、巴西、加拿大、智利、哥斯达黎加、墨西哥、秘鲁、美国和乌拉圭。这些国家中的每一个都将作为IAI的会员国参加讲习班，IAI是一项旨在促进美洲全球变化问题合作研究的倡议。美国国家科学基金会是美国政府指定的在IAI中履行美国职责的机构。＊＊＊