Development of an REU Site for Tropical Limnology Associated With the International Decade of East African Lakes (IDEAL) Program

亚利桑那州安德鲁·S·科恩ATM-9619458标题：与东非湖泊国际十年计划相关的热带湖泊研究基地的开发该奖项支持为美国本科生开发热带湖泊研究的热带湖泊研究基地暑期项目。10至12名学生每年将花费6周时间，通过强化培训和独立研究项目学习热带湖泊的物理化学、生物和地质过程的基本知识。该计划将设在坦桑尼亚的基戈马，位于非洲坦噶尼喀湖畔，这是一个世界级的自然实验室，用于研究关于热带湖泊如何工作的各种具有科学意义的问题。这个网站利用了教员对该湖的研究记录以及对当地和地区物流的熟悉。此外，该项目将从计划中与非洲本科生同时进行的相同项目中获得独特的好处，该项目将由联合国全球环境基金(全环基金)坦噶尼喀湖项目单独提供资金。该方案还将利用全球环境基金方案和坦桑尼亚渔业研究所基戈马站提供的现场设施和资本设备。该项目的教职员工共同涵盖了水生生物学、物理和化学湖泊学、气候学和地质湖沼学等方面的一系列研究专业知识。所有这些项目目前都在积极开展对该湖的研究项目，并将为学生提供参与研究具有重大科学意义的问题的机会。该项目旨在成为来自全国各地计划从事热带湖沼学和古气候学研究生涯的高积极性学生的中心重点活动。更广泛地说，它旨在激发人们对热带湖泊研究在理解全球变化过程中的重要性的兴趣，并将其作为了解美国尚未发生的淡水生态变化的早期预警研究领域。这一努力是通过东非湖泊国际十年(IDEA)进行协调的。

Abstract ATM-9619458 Cohen, Andrew S. University of Arizona Title: Development of an REU Site for Tropical Limnology Associated With the International Decade of the Eastern African Lakes (IDEAL) Program This award supports the development of an REU Site summer program in tropical lake studies for American undergraduate students. Ten to twelve students will spend six weeks per year learning the fundamentals of physicochemical, biological and geological processes in tropical lakes through intensive training and independent research projects. The Program will be located in Kigoma, Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, a world-class natural laboratory for investigating a wide variety of scientifically significant questions about how tropical lakes work. This site takes advantage of the faculty's record of research on the lake and familiarity with local and regional logistics. Additionally the program will reap unique benefits from a planned association with a simultaneous and identical program for African undergraduates, to be funded separately by the United Nations Global Environmental Facility (GEF) program for Lake Tanganyika. The program will also take advantage of facilities and capital equipment on site from the GEF program and the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Kigoma Station. The program faculty collectively span a board range of research expertise in aquatic biology, physical and chemical limnology, climatology and geolimnology. All are currently engaged in active research programs on the lake and will offer students the opportunity to become involved in research on scientifically significant questions. This program aims to become a central focus activity for highly motivated students from around the country who are planning a research career in tropical limnology and paleoclimatology. More broadly, it is intended to stimulate interest in the importance of tropical lake studies in understanding global change processes and as an early-warning study area for understanding freshwater ecologic changes that have not yet occurred in the U.S. This effort is coordinated through the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL).