REU Site: Urbanization Impacts on Stream Ecosystems - An Integrated Training Experience for Undergraduate Researchers

城市化对河流生态系统的影响-本科研究人员的综合培训体验是一个为期10周的暑期课程，旨在为学生提供机会，研究城市化作为当前生物多样性下降危机的关键因素。 学生将开发和开展独立研究项目，强调凯霍加河流域生物多样性和生态功能的跨学科研究。 该经验将开始与为期两周的方向和基本培训，其中包括参观流域和指示流生态和基础研究技能。 该计划的其余部分将主要用于独立研究。 所有的学生项目将围绕中心概念，城市化改变生态和溪流生物的遗传多样性，但学生将选择项目接近这一假设与不同的方法和生物，包括生态学或植物，无脊椎动物，鱼类和两栖动物的遗传多样性的研究。 学生还将参加由REU教师和访问专家提出的研讨会，强调基本的研究技能，城市生态学和城市生态系统研究的社会文化层面。 此外，学生将参加研讨会，强调（1）城市环境科学的教育和职业机会，以及（2）科学数据的分析，解释和交流。 该经验将与研究研讨会结束，学生将向REU教师，环境科学家和资源管理专业人员介绍他们的工作。 招生工作将针对缺乏生态研究机会的城市机构和科学代表性不足的群体的生物和环境科学专业。 如需更多信息，请联系B医生。迈克尔沃尔顿在216-687-3979或B。沃尔顿@ csuohio.edu。

Urbanization Impacts on Stream Ecosystems - An Integrated Training Experience for Undergraduate Researchers is a 10-week summer program designed to provide students with opportunities to investigate urbanization as a critical factor in the current crisis of declining biodiversity. Students will develop and conduct independent research projects emphasizing interdisciplinary studies of biodiversity and ecological function of the Cuyahoga River watershed. The experience will begin with a two-week orientation and basic training that includes a tour of the watershed and instructions in stream ecology and fundamental research skills. The balance of the program will be devoted largely to independent research. All student projects will be integrated around the central concept that urbanization alters the ecology and genetic diversity of stream organisms, but students will select among projects approaching this hypothesis with different methods and organisms, including studies of ecology or genetic diversity of plants, invertebrates, fish, and amphibians. Students will also participate in seminars presented by REU faculty and visiting experts emphasizing basic research skills, urban ecology, and socio-cultural dimensions of urban ecosystem studies. In addition, students will attend workshops emphasizing (1) educational and career opportunities in urban environmental science, and (2) analysis, interpretation, and communication of scientific data. The experience will conclude with a research symposium at which students will present their work to REU faculty, environmental scientists, and resource management professionals. Student recruitment efforts will target biological and environmental science majors from urban institutions lacking ecological research opportunities and under-represented groups in the sciences. For additional information, contact Dr. B. Michael Walton at 216-687-3979 or b.walton@csuohio.edu.