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

这项主要研究仪器（MRI）奖资助购买一台具有全氮能力的总有机碳分析仪，使纽约州立大学奥尼昂塔学院（SUNY Oneonta）的生物野外站（BFS）能够开发一项新的研究计划，该计划与奥西戈湖和奥西戈湖本身的集水区（森林、湿地、农业）的溶解有机碳（DOC）浓度有关。该研究项目将允许SUNY Oneonta BFS不仅开发这个新的数据集，而且还开始研究将Otsego湖与其他湖泊和淡水生态系统在相同和不同的生物群落（温带，寒带和亚热带）中进行比较，以跟踪气候驱动的环境变化。这些仪器将提供给教师、本科生和研究生，并将为许多学生在进行独立和定向的研究项目时，在正式的密集领域提供现代精密设备的实践机会。学生和教员将在区域或国家会议上以及通过发表同行评议的期刊文章来传播本文书支助的研究项目的成果。

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.