An Experimental Mescosm Facility at the Central Michigan University Biological Station

中央密歇根大学生物站的实验性 Mescosm 设施

• 批准号: 1034809
• 负责人: Ian Davison
• 金额: $ 34.93万
• 依托单位: Central Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1034809&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experimental; Mescosm; Facility; Central; Michigan

The Central Michigan University is awarded a grant to renovate a former boat house and install a series of 12 mesocosm tanks that will allow CMU faculty, students, and visiting investigators at the CUM Biological Station (http://www.cst.cmich.edu/CMUBS/) to conduct controlled and replicated ecological experiments on the pelagic and benthic ecosystems of Lake Michigan as well as beaches and wetlands and to address key ecological questions dealing with the response of these habitats to multiple stressors (e.g., climate change, nutrient enrichment and introduction of non-indigenous species). The proposed renovations will directly impact the research of at least ten faculty members at Central Michigan University, as well as collaborators from other institutions and visitors to CMUBS. For more than 30 years Central Michigan University has operated a Biological Station (CMUBS) on Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan. Until recently the primary focus of research at CMUBS has been on the Island's diverse array of undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems, and the station has also supported an active summer undergraduate and graduate education program. The improvements will support the University's growing strength in freshwater biology and related disciplines (e.g., geochemistry, remote sensing and GIS) as well as the importance of the lakes to Michigan and the mid-western and north-eastern US. The proposed renovations will significantly enhance the ability of faculty, graduate students and visitors to CMUBS to conduct research on a variety of aquatic and wetland organisms and to address ecological questions related to key topics such as non-indigenous species, endangered species, lake level cycles and global climate change. The new facility at CMUBS will provide additional opportunities to engage interested students in STEM learning and encourage their progress toward STEM-related research and graduate study. It will further enhance the academic success of underrepresented and first-generation college students through many CMU programs including Upward Bound, GEAR UP, Ronald E. McNair Baccalaureate Achievement Program, NSF's URM: "BUMP Into Research at CMU!". The mesocosm facilities will provide enhanced opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations with other institutions. The new facilities will significantly improve the overall scientific infrastructure dedicated to understanding the Great Lakes, and hence augment our understanding of, and ability to protect and manage, one of the most important freshwater systems in the world. Users of the facility will integrate research findings and perspectives into the diverse array of university courses and K-12 presentations that they routinely offer, and the research projects and underlying philosophy will be broadly disseminated through publications in the primary literature, reviews/overviews, seminars, symposia and meetings on an international scale.

中央密歇根大学获得了一笔赠款，用于翻修以前的船屋，并安装一系列12个中隔水箱，使中央州立大学的教职员工、学生和CUM生物站(http://www.cst.cmich.edu/CMUBS/))的访问研究人员能够对密歇根湖以及海滩和湿地的上层和底栖生态系统进行受控和重复的生态实验，并解决这些栖息地对多种压力因素(例如，气候变化、营养丰富和引入非本土物种)的反应的关键生态问题。拟议的翻修将直接影响中密歇根大学至少10名教职员工的研究，以及其他机构的合作者和CMUBS的访问者。30多年来，中央密歇根大学一直在密歇根湖北部的比弗岛上运营一个生物站(CMUBS)。直到最近，CMUBS的主要研究重点一直是该岛多样化的未受干扰的陆地生态系统，该站还支持积极的暑期本科生和研究生教育计划。这些改进将支持该大学在淡水生物学和相关学科(例如，地球化学、遥感和地理信息系统)方面日益增长的实力，以及这些湖泊对密歇根州、美国中西部和东北部的重要性。拟议的翻修将显著增强CMUBS的教师、研究生和游客对各种水生和湿地生物进行研究的能力，并解决与关键主题相关的生态问题，如非本土物种、濒危物种、湖泊水位循环和全球气候变化。CMUBS的新设施将提供更多机会，让感兴趣的学生参与STEM学习，并鼓励他们在STEM相关研究和研究生学习方面取得进展。它将通过许多CMU项目，包括向上跳跃、Gear Up、Ronald E.McNair学士学位成就计划、NSF的URM：“在CMU碰见研究！”，进一步提高未被充分代表的大学生和第一代大学生的学业成功。中观设施将为跨学科方法和与其他机构的合作提供更多机会。新设施将大大改善致力于了解五大湖的整体科学基础设施，从而增强我们对世界上最重要的淡水系统之一的了解和保护和管理的能力。该设施的用户将把研究结果和观点纳入他们例行提供的各种大学课程和K-12专题介绍中，研究项目和基本理念将通过主要文献出版物、综述/综述、研讨会、专题讨论会和国际会议广泛传播。