U.S.-Portuguese Collaboration in Coastal Research

9701767来自国家科学基金会的Tenore支持将增加美洲卢索基金会和葡萄牙国家科学组织的资金，以鼓励美国和葡萄牙海洋科学家之间的互动，这些科学家共同研究陆地-海洋界面的沿海海洋学过程，这些过程显著影响沿海海洋环境的生产力。该项目建立在以前工作的基础上，鼓励葡萄牙按照国家科学基金会资助的土地边缘生态系统研究(LMER)项目的思路，制定严格的研究框架并组织协作活动。美国-葡萄牙的合作研究工作的重点是开发方法，以表征和量化土地利用模式、沿海生境以及关于葡萄牙Lmer遗址的水文模式和生物群的现有数据。该项目的结果将成为确定具体研究项目的优先次序的基础，以进一步加深葡萄牙沿海海洋科学的知识。

9701767 Tenore Support from NSF will augment funds from the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD), and the Portuguese National Science Organization (JNICT) to encourage interaction among U.S. and Portuguese marine scientists sharing mutual research interests on coastal oceanographic processes characteristic of the land-sea interface that significantly influence productivity of coastal marine environments. The project builds on previous work to encourage the Portuguese to develop a rigorous research framework and structure collaborative activities along the lines of NSF-funded LMER (Land Margin Ecosystems Research) projects. Collaborative US - Portuguese research efforts have centered on developing methodologies to characterize and quantify land use patterns, coastal habitats, and available data on hydrographic patterns and biota of the Portuguese LMER sites. Results from this project will form the basis for prioritizing specific research projects to further the knowledge of coastal marine science in Portugal.