Long-Term Observations: An Arctic Environmental Observatory in Bering Strait

长期观测：白令海峡北极环境观测站

• 批准号: 9910319
• 负责人: Lee Cooper
• 金额: $ 190.58万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-10-01 至 2006-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9910319&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Long; Term; Observations; Arctic; Environmental

The proposed research would test the feasibility of a long term observatory in the Bering Strait region of Alaska. The key facility would be a pumping station located on Little Diomede Island in the center of the Strait. Seawater from depth would be pumped to a laboratory on shore in which the waters' physical, biological, and chemical composition would be determined by automated instrumentation and from samples collected manually. These results would be compared to and used in relation to long-term data on water flows through the Strait, and thus could potentially supply important information about inputs of biota and seawaters into the Arctic. Additional data would be collected concerning the abundance of macrobenthic animals found in richer sediments both north and south of the Strait. Marine mammals collected by the local village would be examined and catalogued as part of the long-term records for the site.

拟议的研究将测试阿拉斯加贝林海峡地区长期天文台的可行性。 关键设施将是位于海峡中心小迪奥梅德岛上的抽水站。 从深度的海水将被泵送到岸上的实验室，其中水的物理，生物和化学成分将由自动化仪器和手动收集的样品确定。 这些结果将被与海峡水流的长期数据进行比较并使用，因此有可能向北极提供有关生物群和海水投入的重要信息。 将收集有关海峡北部和南部较丰富的沉积物中大量的大型动物的丰富性。 当地村庄收集的海洋哺乳动物将被检查并分类为该地点的长期记录的一部分。