International Partnership for Research and Training in Mongolia - The Diatom (Bacillariophyta) Flora of Ancient Lake Hovsgol

蒙古-美国国际合作计划对蒙古鲜为人知的Hovsgol湖的一组藻类进行调查。Hovsgol湖是第二个不太出名的古老大湖，位于蒙古西北部，位于裂谷带内，其中还包括俄罗斯的贝加尔湖。密歇根大学和蒙古国立大学的科学家合作将完成对蒙古霍夫斯戈尔湖国家公园内硅藻的植物区系调查，同时收集环境数据。这类藻类作为环境变化的指示物和古生态重建的工具具有重要意义。古代湖泊系统也包含了对科学非常感兴趣的生物，因为这些物种是这些湖泊的本土物种。这次合作将记录600-1000个物种，其中许多是科学上的新物种，可能是霍夫斯戈尔湖的特有物种。这一伙伴关系的其他成果将包括培训蒙古学生研究硅藻，在蒙古建立第一个永久性硅藻标本馆和参考资料集，以书籍和电子形式出版硅藻植物区系。将收集和收集数据与拟议的地理信息系统和在美国和欧洲建立的植物标本馆结合起来，将确保大量国际读者能够获得研究结果。

STOERMER DEB-9870218 A Mongolian-American International Partnership is proposed to survey a group of algae from poorly known Lake Hovsgol in Mongolia. Lake Hovsgol is a second, less-famous, ancient, large lake located in NW Mongolia and within the rift zone that also contains Russia's Lake Baikal. The partnership of scientists from the University of Michigan and the Mongolian State University will complete a floristic survey of the diatom algae within Mongolia's Lake Hovsgol National Park with simultaneous collection of environmental data. This group of algae are important as indicators of environmental change and as tools of paleoecological reconstruction. Ancient lake systems also contain organisms of great interest to science, because the species are indigenous to these lakes. The partnership will result in the documentation of between 600-1000 species, many that are new to science and probably endemic to Lake Hovsgol. Additional results of the partnership will include the training of Mongolian students in the study of diatoms, the creation of the first permanent diatom herbarium and reference collection in Mongolia, and the publication of a diatom flora in book and electronic format. Integration of collections and collection data with a proposed GIS and established herbaria in the United States and Europe will insure accessibility of findings to a large international audience.