CREST Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal E

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，马里兰大学东岸分校将继续运营中大西洋地区海岸生态系统过程和动态综合研究中心。该中心汇集了一组具有地球化学，浮游植物和浮游动物生态学，鱼类生态学，环境微生物学，生物地球化学和物理海洋学专业知识的科学家，对气候变化对营养相互作用和食物网动态，马里兰州沿海海湾和沿海海洋之间的物质交换以及异养细菌动态的影响进行合作研究。像马里兰海岸湾这样的沿海泻湖是非常多产的生态系统，是许多经济上和生态上重要的鳍鱼和贝类物种的苗圃。沿海泻湖限制了与沿海海洋的水交换。因此，它们不能很好地冲洗，并且容易受到营养物质富集和污染物积累的影响。大西洋中部沿海生态系统过程和动态综合研究中心的重点是了解马里兰州沿海泻湖和河口生态系统内的动态和过程。将开发一个水动力学模型，并用于评估马里兰州沿海海湾和沿海海洋之间通过北部和南部入口的物质运输的大小。粒子跟踪模型将用于评估马里兰州沿海海湾胶状浮游动物和浮游鱼的扩散和保留。此外，还将研究包括弧菌在内的异养细菌的动态信息，并研究弧菌作为应激源导致螃蟹与其他微生物共同感染的可能作用。非生物和生物变量将用于开发预测弧菌物种发生的模型。中大西洋地区海岸生态系统过程和动态综合研究中心将对获得海洋和环境科学学位的少数民族学生的数量产生积极影响。该中心将通过招募和教育高中生、初中和高中教师、本科生和研究生，特别是代表性不足的群体的成员，将研究和教育结合起来。

Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic RegionWith National Science Foundation support, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will continue operations of the Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This Center brings together a team of scientists with expertise in geochemistry, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology, fish ecology, environmental microbiology, biogeochemistry, and physical oceanography to conduct a collaborative study of the effects of climate variability on trophic interactions and food web dynamics, exchange of materials between Maryland Coastal Bays and the coastal ocean, and dynamics of heterotrophic bacteria. Coastal lagoons such as Maryland Coastal Bays are very productive ecosystems that serve as nurseries for many economically and ecologically important species of finfish and shellfish. Coastal lagoons have restricted water exchanges with the coastal ocean. As a result, they are not well flushed, and are vulnerable to nutrient enrichment and pollutant accumulation. The Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Region emphasis is on understanding the dynamics and processes within the Maryland coastal lagoon and estuarine ecosystems.A hydrodynamic model will be developed and used to evaluate the magnitude of material transport between the Maryland Coastal Bays and the coastal ocean through the northern and southern inlets. A particle tracking model will be used to assess the dispersal and retention of gelatinous zooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the Maryland Coastal Bays. Additionally, information on the dynamics of heterotrophic bacteria including Vibrio species will be examined, and the possible role of Vibrio as a stressor leading to co-infection by other microbes in crabs will be investigated. Abiotic and biotic variables will be used to develop models for predicting the occurrence of Vibrio species.The Center for the Integrated Study of Coastal Ecosystem Processes and Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Region will positively impact the number of minority students that obtain degrees in marine and environmental sciences. The Center will integrate research and education by recruiting and educating high school students, middle school and high school teachers, and undergraduate and graduate students, particularly members of underrepresented groups.