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

这项重大研究仪器（MRI）奖资助购买具有总氮能力的总有机碳分析仪，以使纽约州立大学奥茨塔学院（SUNY Ozigta）的生物野外站（BFS）能够开发一项新的研究计划，该计划涉及奥塞戈湖和奥塞戈湖本身集水区（森林，湿地，农业）的溶解有机碳（DOC）浓度。该研究计划将使纽约州立大学奥茨塔BFS不仅开发这个新的数据集，而且还开始研究，将奥塞戈湖与相同和不同生物群落（温带，北方和亚热带）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。该仪器将提供给教师，本科生和研究生，并将为许多学生提供在正式密集的现场产品中亲自使用现代先进设备的机会，因为他们进行独立和定向的研究项目。 由该工具支持的研究项目的结果将由学生和教师在区域或国家会议上传播，并通过出版同行评审的期刊文章。

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.