Collaborative Research: A Comprehensive Survey of Prokaryotes, Fungi, and Protists from Selected Mid-Atlantic Estuarine Coastal Environments

合作研究：对选定的大西洋中部河口沿海环境中的原核生物、真菌和原生生物进行全面调查

• 批准号: 9972093
• 负责人: Patrick Gillevet
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-15 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9972093&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Comprehensive; Survey; Prokaryotes

The goal of this project is to carry out a comprehensive biotic survey of the prokaryotic, fungal, and protistan life inhabiting surficial sediments in Mid-Atlantic estuarine environments. These environments are highly productive and are considered key habitats for the maintenance of healthy coastal marine ecosystems; however, due to their close proximity to areas of coastal development, they are often subject to human encroachment. This project will utilize a combined molecular and cultural analysis of RNA and DNA extracted from environmental samples and then identify important groups of microbes. The primary experimental sampling site will be Hog Island, a large estuarine ecosystem on the Atlantic coast of Virgina and an LTER site.

该项目的目标是对大西洋中部河口环境中表层沉积物中的原核生物、真菌和原生生物进行全面的生物调查。这些环境生产力很高，被认为是维持健康的沿海海洋生态系统的关键生境；然而，由于它们靠近沿海发展地区，它们经常受到人类的侵占。该项目将利用从环境样本中提取的RNA和DNA的分子和培养相结合的分析，然后识别重要的微生物群体。主要的实验采样点将是猪岛，这是弗吉尼亚州大西洋海岸的一个大型河口生态系统，也是LTER的一个地点。