Introduction of Spectroradiometry into the Undergraduate Marine Science Curriculum and Special Programs at the Shannon Point Marine Center

通过香农点海洋中心及其海洋科学课程，服务于可能攻读研究生教育的理科专业学生、正在评估其作为专业学习海洋科学的兴趣的社区大学生，以及参加香农点海洋中心国家本科海洋教育中心(NUMEC)项目的高级本科生。NUMEC为来自美国各地的学生提供在其本国机构正在进行的本科课程背景下，在海洋中心进行海洋科学研究的机会。在NUMEC内有三个项目：少数族裔海洋科学本科生项目、本科生研究体验项目和秋季住宅区项目。所有这些课程都为本科生提供了独特的机会，让他们学习最新的海洋科学概念，接受海洋研究中使用的最先进技术的培训，并从事有监督的独立研究。有了光谱辐射计，学生可以利用先进的技术定量地解决与生态相关的问题，从UV-B对无脊椎动物幼虫的影响到光质对微生物群落结构的影响。该仪器在教授海洋学基本原理方面具有巨大的价值，以前只在课堂上讨论过。它被应用在海洋学、藻类、海洋生态学、海洋无脊椎动物生物学和海洋科学的当前趋势课程中。然而，这个工具的好处远远超出了正规课程的范畴。鉴于当前人们对全球问题的关注，学生们对臭氧消耗和全球变暖等问题越来越感兴趣。这种设备将一个令人兴奋的、基于计算机的研究工具交到了本科生手中，他们正在使用它进行有意义的、富有想象力的研究。

Through the Shannon Point Marine Center and its marine science curriculum, science majors who may pursue graduate education, community college students who are assessing their interest in pursuing marine science as a major, and advanced undergraduates participating in Shannon Point Marine Center National Undergraduate Marine Education Center (NUMEC) programs are served. NUMEC provides students from around the United States access to marine science studies at a marine center within the context of their ongoing undergraduate programs at their home institutions. Three programs operate within NUMEC: the Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site program, and the Fall Quarter-in-Residence. All of the programs provide undergraduates with unique opportunities to become educated in the most recent concepts in marine science, to be trained in state-of-the art techniques used in marine research, and to engage in supervised, independent research. With the spectroradiometer, students can use advanced technology to quantitatively address ecologically relevant questions ranging from UV-B effects on invertebrate larvae to influences of light quality on microbial community structure. The instrument has enormous value in teaching basic oceanographic principles previously discussed only in lectures. It is being applied in the curricula of Oceanography, Algae, Marine Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Biology, and Current Trends in Marine Science courses. The benefits of this tool, however, extend far beyond formal coursework. Given the current concern for global issues, students are increasingly interested in problems such as ozone depletion and global warming. This equipment places an exciting, computer-based research tool in the hands of undergraduates who are using it to do meaningful, imaginative research.