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

创新的海洋观测和动物遥测技术在帕尔默深（南极半岛西部；WAP）上的应用，正在引领人们对极地生态系统过程及其在极地环境中受生物物理相互作用控制的新认识，也带来了许多新问题。这项多平台的实地研究将调查海岸物理过程（如潮汐、洋流、上升流事件、海冰）对新西兰安弗斯岛帕尔默深附近的adsamlie企鹅觅食生态的影响。一个多学科研究小组将在基于沿海高频雷达（HFRs）网络遥感地表洋流图的实时地表辐合和辐散的指导下，自适应地采样浮游植物和浮游动物的分布，这些浮游植物和浮游动物影响着企鹅觅食生态，以了解当地海洋过程如何构成生态系统。该提案的核心教育目标是通过与科学家，学生和技术人员在实地工作期间的互动访谈，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。这些活动将直接针对K-16学生和他们的老师的教学计划。研究者和教育者将分别进行形成性评估和总结性评估，以改进教育计划并衡量其影响。

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.