Maine EPSCoR: The Nexus of Coastal Social-Environmental Systems and Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture

缅因州 EPSCoR：沿海社会环境系统与可持续生态水产养殖的联系

• 批准号: 1355457
• 负责人: Khodadad Varahramyan
• 金额: $ 2000万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maine; EPSCoR; Nexus; Coastal; Social

AbstractProposal Number: IIA-1355457Proposal Title: Maine EPSCoR: The Nexus of Coastal Social-Environmental Systems and Sustainable Ecological AquacultureInstitution: University of MaineNon-Technical DescriptionResearch through the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) will contribute to important scientific debates on how to balance the social ecological knowledge gained with local decision-making through its efforts to develop comprehensive, transdisciplinary, coastal marine science that is positioned at the knowledge interface of marine fisheries, ecosystems conservation and restoration. The project is innovative and potentially transformative displaying considerable possibilities for advancing knowledge and discovery about Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture (SEA) within Maine?s coastal social, economic, and environmental nexus. Other coastal regions face problems similar to those in Maine and results could inform sustainable solutions to coastal community and aquaculture problems on a global basis.Maine develops research and education activities to engage a wide number of constituents. The project will increase public scientific literacy and train a modern STEM workforce. New STEM programs, mentoring, and research opportunities will specifically recruit females, Native Americans, and other minority students. Other initiatives include student internships, innovation workshops and the creation of a statewide collaborative network of faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students working together with stakeholders. Middle and secondary teachers will also be supported to engage in curriculum development. Economic development activities include the creation of Geographical Information Systems maps that identify the risks and carrying capacity for high valued commercial harvest species. The activities strengthen areas noted to be important within the State?s Science and Technology Plan such as workforce training and development in the areas of marine ecology and aquaculture.Technical DescriptionThis project seeks develops SEANET to determine the social and environmental carrying capacities of aquaculture systems in Maine?s coastal bioregions. SEANET is envisioned as a statewide, multi-institutional, academic research network that will advance knowledge and discovery about SEA within coastal Maine?s social, economic, and environmental nexus. SEANET capitalizes on Maine?s diverse Spcio- ecological systems contexts by comparing and contrasting three coastal bioregions, south, midcoast, and downeast, which comprise important research gradients in amounts of oceanic versus freshwater inputs, physical oceanography, degrees of urbanization and nutrient inputs, social-economic demographics, and intensities of fisheries and aquaculture developments. A suite of new buoys and sensors, industrial partnerships and models will be used with existing data to assess and monitor the carrying capacity of these areas for aquaculture species over time. Social research will engage local stakeholders using focus groups, surveys, and interviews and combined with modeling will address perceptions, attitudes and local values related to aquaculture. The project involves many of the institutes of higher education across the state including community colleges as well as local producer groups and state government agencies.

摘要提案编号：IIA-1355457提案标题：缅因州EPSCoR：沿海社会环境系统与可持续生态水产养殖的联系机构： 通过可持续生态水生物网络（SEANET）的研究将有助于重要的科学辩论，如何平衡社会生态知识与地方决策，通过努力发展全面的，跨学科的，沿海海洋科学，定位在海洋渔业，生态系统保护和恢复的知识界面。 该项目是创新的和潜在的变革展示了相当大的可能性，为推进知识和发现有关可持续生态水族馆（SEA）在缅因州？的沿海社会，经济和环境的关系。 其他沿海地区面临着与缅因州类似的问题，其结果可以为全球沿海社区和水产养殖问题的可持续解决方案提供信息。缅因州开展研究和教育活动，以吸引广泛的参与者。 该项目将提高公众的科学素养，培养现代STEM劳动力。 新的STEM项目，指导和研究机会将专门招募女性，美洲原住民和其他少数民族学生。 其他举措包括学生实习，创新研讨会和教师，博士后，研究生和本科生与利益相关者一起工作的全州合作网络的创建。 还将支持初中和高中教师参与课程编制。 经济发展活动包括绘制地理信息系统地图，以查明高价值商业收获物种的风险和承载能力。 这些活动加强了国家内被认为重要的领域？的科学和技术计划，如劳动力的培训和发展领域的海洋生态和水产养殖。技术说明这个项目旨在开发SEANET，以确定社会和环境承载能力的水产养殖系统在缅因州？沿海生物区。 SEANET被设想为一个全州范围内，多机构，学术研究网络，将推进知识和沿海缅因州内的SEA发现？的社会、经济和环境关系。 SEANET利用缅因州？通过比较和对比三个沿海生物区，南部，中海岸和下东部，其中包括海洋与淡水输入量，物理海洋学，城市化程度和营养物质输入，社会经济人口统计学，以及渔业和水产养殖发展强度的重要研究梯度，研究了不同的Spcio-生态系统背景。 一套新的浮标和传感器、工业合作伙伴关系和模型将与现有数据一起使用，以评估和监测这些地区随着时间的推移对水产养殖物种的承载能力。 社会研究将利用焦点小组、调查和访谈吸引当地利益相关者，并结合建模，解决与水产养殖相关的看法、态度和当地价值观。 该项目涉及全州许多高等教育机构，包括社区学院以及当地生产者团体和州政府机构。