Acquisition of Isotope Tracer Instrumentation for the Romberg Tiburon Center

这份授予旧金山州立大学Romberg Tiburon中心的主要研究仪器奖为沿海海洋科学和河口生态学的同位素示踪剂研究提供了购置研究仪器的资金。这里支持的仪器包括一个稳定同位素质谱仪和气相色谱仪接口，一个高分辨率闪烁计数器，和一个元素分析仪和还原炉。这些仪器将用于各种项目，包括正在进行的研究Bodega湾附近浮游植物的碳和氮通量、Trichodesmium对海洋氮的固定、响应铁富集的天然浮游生物群落的氮动力学、沿海上升流中碳和氮循环的耦合以及旧金山河口的入侵物种。该仪器奖由美国国家科学基金会海洋科学部资助。旧金山州立大学将从非联邦基金中为项目总成本的一部分提供成本分担支持

0216459DugdaleThis Major Research Instrumentation award to San Francisco State University's Romberg Tiburon Center provides funds for acquisition of research instrumentation for isotope tracer research in coastal marine science and estuarine ecology. Instruments supported here include a stable isotope mass spectrometer with gas chromatograph interface, a high resolution scintillation counter, and an elemental analyzer and reduction furnace. The instruments will be used in a variety of projects, including ongoing studies of carbon and nitrogen fluxes in phytoplankton near Bodega Bay, CA, oceanic fixation of nitrogen by Trichodesmium, nitrogen dynamics of natural planktonic communities in response to iron enrichment, coupling of carbon and nitrogen cycles in coastal upwelling, and invasive species in the San Francisco Estuary. The instrumentation award is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences at NSF. San Francisco State University will provide cost-share support from non-federal funds for a portion of total project costs.***