Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

这项行动为2003财政年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金的目标是增加少数群体科学家在博士后一级的参与，并使他们为在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职务做好准备。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究的机会，以最近的博士获奖者。 研究和培训计划的题目是“紫外线辐射对两栖动物种群的影响-评估生境和群落结构的重要性”。“据推测，暴露于UV-B辐射的增加是全球两栖动物种群减少的一个因素。由于受到紫外线B照射而引起的种群动态变化可能对水生生物群落产生严重后果。 本研究旨在量化两栖动物对俄勒冈州小瀑布不同种群和海拔高度的多种环境压力的反应。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2003. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Impacts of ultraviolet radiation on amphibian populations- assessing the importance of habitat and community structure." Increased exposure to UV-B radiation is hypothesized to be a contributing factor to the global decline of amphibian populations. Changes in population dynamics due to UV-B exposure could have severe consequences on aquatic communities. This research seeks to quantify amphibian response to multiple environmental stressors across populations and elevations in the Oregon Cascades.