International Research Fellow Awards: Biatom Diversity and Training in Mongolia's Lake Hovsgol National Park

小行星9802816 国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。 该计划的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，以及使用国外独特或互补的设施，专业知识和实验条件。 该奖项将支持Mark B博士为期12个月的博士后研究访问。密歇根大学的Edlund与Ts博士合作。Jamsran在蒙古乌兰巴托的蒙古州立大学，以及在密歇根大学与尤金Stoermer博士就生物多样性和在霍夫斯古尔湖国家公园的培训。 国际方案司的东亚-太平洋方案正在提供部分支助。 Edlund博士将研究Hovsgol湖藻类植物群的组成部分，完成植物区系调查，并创建硅藻（单细胞显微藻类）标本馆和参考收藏。 库苏古尔湖是一个构造盆地中的古老生态系统。 像Hovsgol这样的湖泊已经存在了数百万年，是研究生态学和进化的天然实验室。 它被命名为蒙古的第一个国际长期生态研究基地（LTER）。 由于该地点在生态上处于危险之中，因此记录其多样性非常重要。 除了执行这些文件外，Edlund博士还将与蒙古科学家合作，帮助培训和准备他们未来与美国的研究合作。 ***

9802816 Edlund The International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty- four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad. This award will support a twelve-month postdoctoral research visit by Dr. Mark B. Edlund of the University of Michigan to work with Dr. Ts. Jamsran at Mongolian State University in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as well at the University of Michigan with Dr. Eugene Stoermer on biatom diversity and training in Lake Hovsgol National Park. Partial support is being provided by the East Asia-Pacific Program in the Division of International Programs. Dr. Edlund will study a component of the algal flora of Lake Hovsgol, completing a floristic survey, and create an herbarium of diatoms (single cell microscopic algae) and a reference collection. Lake Hovsgol is an ancient ecosystem in a tectonic basin. Lakes such as Hovsgol have existed for millions of years and are natural laboratories for the study of ecology and evolution. It has been named Mongolia's first International Long-Term Ecological Research site (LTER). Because this site is at risk ecologically, it is important to document its diversity. In addition to performing this documentation, Dr. Edlund will be working with Mongolian scientists, helping to train and prepare them for future research collaborations with the United States. ***