REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Coastal and Nearshore Marine Systems of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

REU 网站：墨西哥湾东北部沿海和近岸海洋系统的本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 0139660
• 负责人: Kenneth Heck
• 金额: $ 14.87万
• 依托单位: Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-15 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0139660&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Experiences

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site that will provide a Fall semester (twelve weeks) research experience in oceanography for a total of seven students. The REU site is located at the Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory (DISL), a permanent field station located in the Gulf of Mexico about four miles off the coast of Alabama. The DISL provides courses and research facilities for students and faculty from twenty-two colleges and universities in Alabama. Participants in the REU program will be recruited nationally and matched with a faculty mentor. Under the guidance of the faculty mentors, the students will design, implement, analyze and report on independent laboratory and field research. Research areas include aspects of the ecology and early life history stages of marine fishes and invertebrates; coral reef ecology; evolution of benthic communities; the ecology of seagrass ecosystems; marine conservation biology; the role of microorganisms in transforming organic and inorganic compounds in marine systems; and phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology. In addition, the program holds seminars on career opportunities and scientific ethics. In the past, the program has successfully attracted disabled and minority participants typically under-represented in the marine sciences. Cost-sharing will be provided by the DISL.

该奖项为本科生研究经验（REU）网站提供了新的资金，该网站将为总共七名学生提供一个秋季学期（12周）的海洋学研究经验。REU站点位于海豚岛海洋实验室（DISL），这是一个位于墨西哥湾的永久性野外站点，距离阿拉巴马州海岸约4英里。DISL为阿拉巴马州22所学院和大学的学生和教师提供课程和研究设施。REU项目的参与者将在全国范围内招募，并与教师导师相匹配。在导师的指导下，学生将设计、实施、分析和报告独立的实验室和实地研究。研究领域包括海洋鱼类和无脊椎动物的生态学和早期生活史阶段；珊瑚礁生态学；底栖生物群落的进化；海草生态系统生态学；海洋保育生物学；微生物在海洋系统中转化有机和无机化合物中的作用；以及浮游植物和浮游动物生态学。此外，该计划还举办关于就业机会和科学伦理的研讨会。过去，该项目成功地吸引了在海洋科学领域代表性不足的残疾人和少数民族参与者。费用分担将由DISL提供。