REU Site: Undergraduate Research on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。 半岛学院REU网站将在2009-2012年夏季为本科生提供一个研究计划。每年将选出九（9）名学生参加为期12周的生态和保护密集研究计划，在华盛顿州（6周）和哥斯达黎加（6周）的奥林匹克半岛。 学生将（1）研究不同栖息地的特点，从原始到高度管理，检查不同营养水平的参数;（2）确定这些值如何在不同和相关的栖息地之间变化;（3）评估土地管理策略对这些栖息地的影响;（4）确定各种土地管理策略对两个地区森林的影响。该计划的愿景是，学生将这两个项目作为一个整体编织在一起，从而对栖息地如何变化产生更全球化的视角;土地管理如何影响温带和热带雨林;以及如何研究全球共性。第一年左右的初步重点将是了解这些热带和温带森林中的土壤微生物群落结构和功能，以及碳，氮和磷营养动态。这些信息将提供基线信息，我们将能够在未来比较植被特征。项目将在奥林匹克半岛的各个森林地区以及在哥斯达黎加的北方区森林和蒙特韦尔德的云雾森林进行。该计划由国家科学基金会生物科学理事会与国际科学与工程办公室合作提供资金支持。 更多信息可在http://pc.ctc.edu/coe/REU.htm或通过电子邮件或电话bille@pcadmin.ctc.edu或360-417-6246联系项目主要研究者比尔·伊顿博士。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The Peninsula College REU Site will provide a research program for undergraduates during the summers of 2009-2012. Nine (9) students will be selected each year to participate in an intensive 12-week research program in ecology and conservation in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State (6 weeks) and in Costa Rica (6 weeks). Students will (1) study the characteristics of different habitats, from pristine to heavily managed, examining parameters from different trophic levels; (2) determine how these values may change between different and related habitats; (3) assess the impact of land management strategies on these habitats; and (4) identify the effects that various land management strategies have had on the forests of both regions. It is the program's vision that the students weave the two projects together as a single whole, generating a more global perspective on how habitats vary; how land management affects both temperate and tropical rainforests; and how to examine global commonalities. The initial focus for the first year or so will be to understand the soil microbial community structure and function, and carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus nutrient dynamics in these tropical and temperate forests. This information will provide the baseline information upon which we will be able to compare vegetation characteristics in the future. Projects will take place in various forested areas of the Olympic Peninsula and, in Costa Rica, in the Northern Zone forests and the cloud forests of Monteverde. The program is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation Directorate of Biological Sciences, in partnership with the Office of International Science and Engineering. Additional information can be found at http://pc.ctc.edu/coe/REU.htm or by contacting the Project Principal Investigator, Dr. Bill Eaton by email or phone at bille@pcadmin.ctc.edu, or 360-417-6246.