Collaborative Research: Impacts of Local Oceanographic Processes on Adelie Penguin Foraging Ecology Over Palmer Deep

合作研究：当地海洋过程对帕尔默深渊阿德利企鹅觅食生态的影响

• 批准号: 1331681
• 负责人: Kim Bernard
• 金额: $ 17.93万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1331681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Impacts; Local; Oceanographic

The application of innovative ocean observing and animal telemetry technology over Palmer Deep (Western Antarctic Peninsula; WAP) is leading to new understanding, and also to many new questions related to polar ecosystem processes and their control by bio-physical interactions in the polar environment. This multi-platform field study will investigate the impact of coastal physical processes (e.g. tides, currents, upwelling events, sea-ice) on Adélie penguin foraging ecology in the vicinity of Palmer Deep, off Anvers Island, WAP. Guided by real-time surface convergence and divergences based on remotely sensed surface current maps derived from a coastal network of High Frequency Radars (HFRs), a multidisciplinary research team will adaptively sample the distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton, which influence Adélie penguin foraging ecology, to understand how local oceanographic processes structure the ecosystem. Core educational objectives of this proposal are to increase awareness and understanding of (i) global climate change, (ii) the unique WAP ecosystem, (iii) innovative methods and technologies used by the researchers, and (iv) careers in ocean sciences, through interactive interviews with scientists, students, and technicians, during the field work. These activities will be directed towards instructional programming for K-16 students and their teachers. Researchers and educators will conduct formative and summative evaluation to improve the educational program and measure its impacts respectively.

创新的海洋观测和动物遥测技术在帕尔默深渊（南极西部半岛；WAP）的应用正在带来新的认识，也带来了许多与极地生态系统过程及其通过极地环境中的生物物理相互作用控制相关的新问题。这项多平台实地研究将调查沿海物理过程（例如潮汐、洋流、上升流事件、海冰）对 WAP 安弗斯岛帕尔默深渊附近阿德利企鹅觅食生态的影响。在基于高频雷达（HFR）沿海网络遥感表面电流图的实时表面辐合和发散的指导下，一个多学科研究小组将自适应地对影响阿德利企鹅觅食生态的浮游植物和浮游动物的分布进行采样，以了解当地的海洋过程如何构建生态系统。该提案的核心教育目标是通过在实地工作期间与科学家、学生和技术人员进行互动访谈，提高对 (i) 全球气候变化、(ii) 独特的 WAP 生态系统、(iii) 研究人员使用的创新方法和技术以及 (iv) 海洋科学职业的认识和理解。这些活动将针对 K-16 学生及其教师的教学规划。研究人员和教育工作者将进行形成性和总结性评估，以改进教育计划并分别衡量其影响。