Workshop to Assess Research Priorities in the Bering Sea

评估白令海研究重点研讨会

• 批准号: 0226371
• 负责人: George Hunt
• 金额: $ 4.28万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-15 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0226371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Assess; Research; Priorities; Bering

The Bering Sea supports some of the world's most productive fisheries, and acts as a chemostat, modifying water, heat and salt concentrations as they flow from the North Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean. In recent years, it has become evident that this seasonally ice-covered sub-arctic sea is subject to decadal-scale and secular changes in climate. Thus, there is a need to assess how global change may affect the marine ecosystem of the Bering Sea and its ability to support productive fisheries. To assess the potential for developing a major research initiative that could focus on the most profitable approaches to these questions, it is proposed to conduct an international workshop, to be held in early September 2002. The goal of the workshop would be to identify and prioritize the most important research questions concerning the potential effects of global change on the sub-arctic marine ecosystem of the Bering Sea and to discuss innovative approaches to answering these questions. An important product of the workshop will be the development of an outline for the structure of a major research initiative to address these questions. This outline would provide the basis for inclusion of the wider sub-arctic research community in the development and implementation of a new Bering Sea research program.

白令海支持着世界上一些最多产的渔业，并在从北太平洋流向北冰洋的过程中充当着化学调节器，改变水、热和盐的浓度。近年来，这片季节性冰雪覆盖的亚北极海域明显受到年代际和长期气候变化的影响。因此，有必要评估全球变化如何影响白令海的海洋生态系统及其支持生产性渔业的能力。为了评估是否有可能发展一项主要的研究行动，把重点放在解决这些问题的最有利的办法上，建议在2002年9月初举行一次国际讲习班。讲习班的目标是确定和优先考虑有关全球变化对白令海亚北极海洋生态系统的潜在影响的最重要的研究问题，并讨论回答这些问题的创新方法。讲习班的一项重要成果将是为解决这些问题的一项重大研究倡议的结构拟订大纲。该纲要将为将更广泛的亚北极研究界纳入新的白令海研究计划的制定和实施提供基础。