U.S.-Portuguese Collaboration in Coastal Research

9701767 Tenore来自美国国家科学基金会的支持将增加来自葡美基金会（FLAD）和葡萄牙国家科学组织（JNICT）的资金，以鼓励美国和葡萄牙海洋科学家之间的互动，分享共同的研究兴趣，研究显著影响沿海海洋环境生产力的陆海界面特征的沿海海洋学过程。该项目以以前的工作为基础，鼓励葡萄牙人沿着nsf资助的LMER（土地边缘生态系统研究）项目的路线发展严格的研究框架和结构合作活动。美国和葡萄牙的合作研究工作集中在开发方法，以描述和量化土地利用模式、沿海栖息地，以及葡萄牙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优先次序的基础，以进一步提高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.