REU Site: Warm-water aquatic ecology

奥本大学（Auburn University）在2011-2013年夏季为10名来自不同社会和教育背景的学生提供为期10周的温水水生生态学研究培训，其中包括历史上的黑人学院和大学。这个REU网站是由10名非盟教师导师共同努力的结果，他们专攻不同但互补的学科，包括生态学、渔业管理、湖沼学、进化、分子生物学、微生物学、入侵物种、行为和保护。这些学科共同为本科生提供了学习技术和工具的教育基础，以研究美国东南部的温水水生群落，如水库、农场池塘、溪流和半咸水河口。本项目的主要目标包括让参与者接触不同的科学假设、研究技术、生态栖息地和条件。跨学科的氛围，培养了下一代水生生态学家和水资源专家对水生科学的浓厚兴趣。在REU项目期间，学生将探索许多不同的水生栖息地，体验博士学位授予机构的生活和课程，参与实验室内外的研究项目，并向同龄人展示他们的夏季研究项目成果。REU参与者将接受基础和应用水生生态学方面的培训，包括科学方法和数据分析与解释的基础知识，专业演讲的发展和批评，科学伦理，研究安全，为本科教育以外的机会做准备，以及在正式会议和社交聚会期间建立专业网络。非盟项目评估员将使用独立和小组评估工具来评估这些活动的有效性。REU网站内的互动和培训将有助于REU学生执行的高质量研究项目的发展，最终导致在同行评审的文献中发表和在国家科学会议上发表。提供学生津贴、差旅费、食宿和研究活动的支持。有关该项目的更多信息，请联系Alan Wilson博士（wilson@auburn.edu, 334-246-1120, http://wilsonlab.com/）或访问项目网站http://wilsonlab.com/reu/。

An award was made to Auburn University (AU) to provide research training in warm-water aquatic ecology for 10 weeks for 10 students from diverse social and educational backgrounds, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, for the summers of 2011-2013. This REU Site is a collaborative effort involving ten AU faculty mentors specializing in diverse but complementary disciplines, including ecology, fisheries management, limnology, evolution, molecular biology, microbiology, invasive species, behavior, and conservation. Together these disciplines provide the educational basis for undergraduate students to learn about techniques and tools to study warm-water aquatic communities, such as reservoirs, farm ponds, streams, and brackish estuaries, in the southeastern U.S. The primary objectives of this project include exposing participants to different scientific hypotheses, research techniques, and ecological habitats and conditions in an engaging, interdisciplinary atmosphere that fosters a strong interest in aquatic sciences by the next generation of aquatic ecologists and water resource experts. During the REU program, students will explore many disparate aquatic habitats, experience life and coursework at a Ph.D. granting institution, engage in research projects inside the laboratory and out in the field, and present their summer research project results to their peers. REU participants will be trained in basic and applied aquatic ecology including fundamentals of the scientific method and data analysis and interpretation, development and critique of professional presentations, scientific ethics, research safety, preparing for opportunities beyond their undergraduate education, and professional networking during formal meetings and social gatherings. An AU program evaluator will gauge the effectiveness of these activities using independent and group assessment tools. Interactions and training within the REU Site will aid in the development of high-quality research projects executed by REU students, ultimately leading to publications in the peer-reviewed literature and presentations at national scientific conferences. Student support for stipends, travel, room and board, and research activities is provided. For more information about the program, please contact Dr. Alan Wilson (wilson@auburn.edu, 334-246-1120, http://wilsonlab.com/) or visit the project website at http://wilsonlab.com/reu/.