The R/V Alpha Helix Symbios Expedition, a Milestone in Coral Reef Research

R/V Alpha Helix Symbios 探险是珊瑚礁研究的里程碑

• 批准号: 0500134
• 负责人: Christopher D'Elia
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0500134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Alpha; Helix; Symbios; Expedition; Milestone

Over 30 years ago the NSF-supported Symbios Expedition to Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, aboard the R/V Alpha Helix, gave science new insights into the metabolism and functioning of coral reefs. Yet, although scientists worldwide know this expedition from the many papers that resulted from it, few know what resources and planning it took to undertake this highly successful research project. The goal of this project is to provide better documentation of this expedition, and in the process, assess its high scientific productivity and the key factors that led to this productivity.

30多年前，由国家科学基金会支持的前往马绍尔群岛埃尼韦塔克环礁的Symbios考察队乘坐R/V Alpha Helix，为科学提供了对珊瑚礁新陈代谢和功能的新见解。然而，尽管世界各地的科学家从许多由此产生的论文中知道了这次探险，但很少有人知道进行这项非常成功的研究项目需要什么资源和计划。该项目的目标是为这次探险提供更好的记录，并在此过程中评估其高科学生产率和导致这种生产率的关键因素。