MRI: Acquisition of Total Organic Carbon Analyser and Associated Instrumentation for Cross-biome Aquatic Carbon Biogeochemistry and Metabolism Research

该重大研究仪器(MRI)奖用于购买具有全氮能力的总有机碳分析仪，使纽约州立大学奥尼奥尼塔学院(SUNY Onegita)的生物野外站(BFS)能够开发一项关于奥塞戈湖和奥塞戈湖的集水区(森林、湿地、农业)中溶解有机碳(DOC)浓度的新研究计划。该研究计划将允许纽约州立大学奥尼奥塔生物圈不仅开发这一新的数据集，而且还可以开始研究将奥塞戈湖与相同和不同生物群(温带、北部和亚热带)中的其他湖泊和淡水生态系统进行比较，以跟踪气候驱动的环境变化。该仪器将提供给教职员工、本科生和研究生，并将为许多学生在进行独立和指导的研究项目时，在正式的密集实地课程中亲身接触到现代尖端设备。由该工具支持的研究项目的结果将由学生和教职员工在地区或国家会议上传播，并通过发表同行评议的期刊文章来传播。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award funds the acquisition of a total organic carbon analyser with total nitrogen capabilities to enable the Biological Field Station (BFS) of the State University of New York College at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta) to develop a new research program pertaining to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in the catchment (forest, wetland, agriculture) of Otsego Lake and Otsego Lake itself. The research program will allow SUNY Oneonta BFS to not only develop this new dataset, but to also begin research to compare Otsego Lake to other lakes and freshwater ecosystems in the same and within different biomes (temperate, boreal, and sub-tropical) to track climate-driven environmental change. The instrumentation will be available to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and will provide many students with hand-on access to modern sophisticated equipment in formal intensive field offerings as they conduct independent and directed research projects. Results from the research projects supported by this instrument will be disseminated by students and faculty at regional or national meetings, and through the publication of peer-reviewed journal articles.