Planning Activities for Bering Ecosystem Studies (BEST)

白令生态系统研究规划活动（BEST）

• 批准号: 0518226
• 负责人: George Hunt
• 金额: $ 31.78万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0518226&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Activities; Bering; Ecosystem; Studies

Funds are provided to facilitate the planning and implementation of the Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) Program. BEST is motivated by the realization that the Bering Sea is in the midst of significant, interrelated physical and biological change that may impact the region's carrying capacity and productivity, the sustainability of fish and shellfish stocks of great economic value for the nation, and the livelihoods of Native communities and fishers. These changes involve climate forcing, physical properties and processes in the ocean, and biological responses from the level of the physiology of individual organisms to the structure and function of entire ecosystems. In response to these anticipated changes, the BEST Program will develop field research in the Bering Sea to assess how climate change will affect the ecosystems of the Bering Sea and their ability to support sustainable fisheries. Essential to this process is the development of implementation plans for the project as a whole, and for its components. The proposed planning activities are the next step in that process and include service as the synergistic planning, coordination, and administrative support center for BEST, as well as communication of the project's activities to the science community and the public at large. Due to the broad range of stake-holders, outreach will rely on many venues suited to reach the scientific community and different segments of the public, including Bering Sea Native communities, commercial fishers, educators at all levels from K through university, and resource managers not only in Alaska, but throughout the United States.

提供资金以促进白令生态系统研究（BEST）计划的规划和实施。 BEST的动机是认识到白令海正处于重大的、相互关联的物理和生物变化之中，这些变化可能影响该地区的承载能力和生产力、对国家具有巨大经济价值的鱼类和贝类种群的可持续性以及土著社区和渔民的生计。这些变化涉及气候强迫、海洋的物理特性和过程，以及从单个生物体的生理水平到整个生态系统的结构和功能的生物反应。 为了应对这些预期的变化，BEST计划将在白令海开展实地研究，以评估气候变化将如何影响白令海的生态系统及其支持可持续渔业的能力。这一过程的关键是为整个项目及其组成部分制定执行计划。 拟议的规划活动是这一进程的下一步，包括作为BEST的协同规划、协调和行政支助中心的服务，以及向科学界和广大公众宣传该项目的活动。由于持有者的范围广泛，外展将依赖于许多适合接触科学界和不同阶层的公众的场所，包括白令海原住民社区，商业渔民，从K到大学的各级教育工作者，以及不仅在阿拉斯加的资源管理人员，但在整个美国。