US-Egypt Cooperation: A Workshop on Material Cycling Along the Egyptian Coastline

美埃合作：埃及海岸线物资循环研讨会

• 批准号: 0946596
• 负责人: Richard Peterson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Coastal Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-11-01 至 2010-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0946596&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperation; Workshop; Material

This is a proposal by Dr. Richard Peterson, Research Scholar at Coastal Carolina University, to host a workshop in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Aquatic Resources (ICAR ?09) to be held in Alexandria, Egypt from 17-20 November 2009. Co-organizers of the workshop include Dr. Mohamed Atteia Shreadah, President, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Cairo, Egypt and Dr. Ayman A. El-Gamal, Department of Oceanography at the Coastal Research Institute in Alexandria, Egypt. The workshop will focus on five topics: sediment budgeting, water budgeting, nutrient and contaminant budgeting, primary production and fisheries management, and future implications. The workshop will take place on the last day of the conference and will bring US and Egyptian scientists together in an effort to establish future collaborative efforts on the topic of coastal oceanography. The Egyptian participants at the workshop will provide background knowledge on prior studies and current problems, while together with the US participants, will identify research priorities for this area based on their technical expertise.The Egyptian coastline is a highly dynamic region with varied sources of material fluxes to the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River is the largest contributor, inputting vast quantities of water, sediment, nutrients, and contaminants into the Mediterranean. In addition, the Suez Canal provides a point-source link between the Red Sea and the coastal Mediterranean Sea. Non-point sources of material input to the coastal waters of Egypt include groundwater seepage and atmospheric deposition. To date, little is understood about these material budgets and how they impact subjects such as delta erosion/accretion, sea level rise, primary productivity, sustainable fisheries. Future land use and climate change scenarios will influence these material budgets to unknown extents.Expected outcomes of this workshop include: (1) the development of professional relationships between US and Egyptian researchers that will lead to future collaborative studies; and (2) the identification of research priorities within the workshop theme that future studies should focus on undertaking. Workshop results will be published in both electronic (website) and print (journal) forms for greater dissemination to other interested researchers. Senior and junior researchers will participate in the workshop, as well as students and underrepresented groups.

这是沿海卡罗来纳大学研究学者理查德·彼得森（Richard Peterson）博士的一项建议，与2009年11月17日至20日在埃及亚历山大举行的第三届国际水上资源会议（ICAR？09）一起举办研讨会。埃及亚历山大沿海研究所海洋学海洋学系Ayman A. El-Gamal。研讨会将重点介绍五个主题：沉积预算，水预算，营养和污染物预算，初级生产和渔业管理以及未来的影响。研讨会将在会议的最后一天举行，将使我们和埃及科学家们聚集在一起，以建立关于沿海海洋学主题的未来合作努力。研讨会的埃及参与者将根据其技术专长确定该领域的研究优先事项。尼罗河是最大的贡献者，将大量的水，沉积物，养分和污染物输入地中海。此外，苏伊士运河还提供了红海和地中海沿海地区之间的点源连接。埃及沿海水域的非点材料源输入包括地下水渗漏和大气沉积。迄今为止，关于这些物质预算以及它们如何影响主体，例如三角洲侵蚀/积聚，海平面上升，初级生产力，可持续渔业等受试者。未来的土地利用和气候变化方案将影响这些物质预算对未知范围的影响。该研讨会的预期包括：（1）我们与埃及研究人员之间的专业关系发展，这将导致未来的合作研究； （2）在研讨会主题中识别研究重点，未来的研究应着重于承担。研讨会结果将在电子（网站）和印刷（期刊）表格中发表，以便对其他感兴趣的研究人员进行更大的传播。高级和初级研究人员将参加研讨会，学生和代表性不足的团体。