Painting Between the Ice: Antarctic Biodiversity from the Dry Valleys to the Sea Floor

PI建议与三个实地团队合作，研究和创作以麦克默多干谷和罗斯海生物多样性为重点的绘画。她提议创作一系列壁画大小的画作，以南大洋原生生物为基础？的海底和干谷的土壤。这些绘画将探索独特的适应南极无脊椎动物及其栖息地PI建议探索罗斯海的底栖生物群落，无论是第一手还是通过科学潜水员收集的标本观察。她提议，如果可能的话，？在生物体静止的时候研究、绘画和上色？它是活的，充满了天然色素，被独特的蓝色阳光透过覆盖海洋的冰层照射着？s表面。？在平原空气中绘画，她还建议随后与实地小组合作，调查和捕捉画布上泰勒谷复杂的土壤生态系统。她将观察和画线虫，缓步动物，和轮虫提取的土壤和周围的山谷？#82322;水的痕迹。

The PI proposes to collaborate with three field teams to study and create paintings focused on biodiversity
in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and Ross Sea. She proposes to create a series of mural-size paintings based on organisms native to the Southern Ocean?s sea floor and the soil of the Dry Valleys. The paintings will explore uniquely adapted Antarctic invertebrates and their habitats The PI proposes to explore the benthic communities in the Ross Sea, either first-hand or through the observations of specimens gathered by scientifc divers. She proposes, if possible, ?to study, draw, and paint the organisms while they are still ?alive, flush with natural pigment, and illuminated by the unique
blue glow of sunlight filtered through the ice covering the ocean?s surface.? Painting en plain air, she also proposes to subsequently work with field teams to investigate and capture on canvas the complex soil ecosystems of Taylor Valley. She will observe and paint nematodes, tardigrades, and rotifers extracted from the soil in and around the Valleys? network of water
tracks.