MRI RAPID: Acquisition of an Integrated Detection and Oil Sampling Array in Louisiana Estuaries

MRI RAPID：在路易斯安那州河口采集集成检测和油样采样阵列

• 批准号: 1057787
• 负责人: Nancy Rabalais
• 金额: $ 14.02万
• 依托单位: Louisiana Universities Marine Corsortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1057787&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; RAPID; Acquisition; Integrated; Detection

This Major Research Instrumentation award to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) funds the acquisition of an automated water sampling array to enhance the scientific response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and its effects on coastal ecosystems in Louisiana. The array consists of six automated telemetry capable ISCO water samplers with data loggers that are fully integrated with YSI sondes and Turner Designs Cyclops Oil Fluorometers. The combination of sensors with the water samplers permits automated sample triggering when oil fluorescence increases above a programmed threshold. The remote sampling will allow better temporal and spatial resolution as to when the estuarine environments are impacted and the short and long term impacts of the oil on ecosystem processes that range from biogeochemical cycling to composition and distribution of phytoplankton, zooplankton and larvae that reside in these critical coastal ecosystems. An expected result of this investment, through the NSF-RAPID mechanism, is timely and critical information to inform policy and remediation efforts in response to the oil spill. The sensor array will also be incorporated into the LUMCON educational activities. Results from the studies will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journal publications, though participation at regional and national scientific meetings and through planned regional outreach meetings with affected citizens.

路易斯安那大学海洋联合会（LUMCON）的这项重大研究仪器奖资助了自动水采样阵列的收购，以加强对深水地平线石油泄漏及其对路易斯安那州沿海生态系统影响的科学反应。该阵列由六个自动遥测能力的ISCO水采样器与数据记录器，是完全集成的YSI探空仪和特纳设计独眼巨人石油荧光计。传感器与水取样器的组合允许在油荧光增加到编程阈值以上时自动触发样品。远程采样将能够更好地从时间和空间上分辨河口环境何时受到影响，以及石油对生态系统进程的短期和长期影响，这些生态系统进程包括从海洋地球化学循环到浮游植物、浮游动物和这些重要沿海生态系统中的幼虫的组成和分布。 这项投资的预期成果之一是，通过NSF-RAPID机制，提供及时和关键的信息，为应对漏油的政策和补救工作提供信息。 传感器阵列也将被纳入LUMCON教育活动。 研究结果将通过参加区域和国家科学会议以及计划与受影响公民举行的区域外联会议，在同行评审的期刊出版物上传播。