High-Impact Introduction to the Geosciences through the Undergraduate Coral Research Initiative

通过本科生珊瑚研究计划对地球科学进行高影响力的介绍

• 批准号: 1700818
• 负责人: Matthew Carrigan
• 金额: $ 32.26万
• 依托单位: Santa Fe College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700818&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Impact; Introduction; Geosciences; through; Undergraduate

Non TechnicalMany former senior military and national security officials believe global warming poses a threat to our nation?s security, both through increased flooding of coastal military installations and via increased political instability from the disruption of food production and economic systems. Understanding the impacts of global climate change and mitigating its effects will require the concerted effort of geoscientists. At the same time, our country faces a critical need for people with training in the geosciences to fulfill employers? need for qualified personnel. The difficulties developing our nation?s geoscience workforce starts early, as most college students are unfamiliar with the various academic disciplines that are a part of the geosciences and the career possibilities for those with training in the geosciences. Consequently, very few students begin college with an intention to pursue a degree or career in the geosciences. This proposal expands and develops the pool of students pursuing careers in geosciences by providing mentored research experiences in the geosciences at the critical junction when students are most likely to be deciding their career trajectory. By providing students at a two-year college the opportunity to receive mentorship from scientists at four-year universities and federal agencies, this program develops the STEM workforce through enhanced education in traditionally underrepresented populations.TechnicalMentored research opportunities are a proven means to recruit, retain, and advance students in STEM fields, including the diverse disciplines that make up the geosciences, and mentored research therefore provides an exemplary model for developing the next generation of geoscientists. This mentored research program, called the Undergraduate Coral Research Initiative (UCRI), builds upon the recent discovery by USGS scientists of a unique coral refuge from global warming among the shaded mangrove prop roots in Hurricane Hole, within the US Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument Marine Reserve. Over the course of three years, at least fifteen students will be guided through all phases of the research process, beginning with developing science literacy skills (Phase I), followed by practical research skills in experimental design, data collection in a marine context, data analysis, and presentation of research findings (Phase II). Students will play a central role in designing and executing experiments to address the biotic and abiotic factors that promote coral survivorship in some, but not all, parts of this mangrove habitat. Because coral reefs are a keystone component of marine ecosystems, the work conducted by students will contribute to our understanding of, and ability to protect, coral from the stresses induced by global warming. Finally, students will be provided a broader perspective of careers in geosciences through geology field skills training with students and faculty at a four-year university (Phase III).

许多前高级军事和国家安全官员认为全球变暖对我们的国家构成威胁？沿海军事设施的洪水泛滥以及粮食生产和经济系统的中断导致政治不稳定加剧，这两个因素加剧了伊拉克的安全。 了解全球气候变化的影响和减轻其影响将需要地球科学家的共同努力。 与此同时，我们的国家面临着一个关键的需要，在地球科学培训的人，以满足雇主？需要合格的人才。 我们国家发展的困难？中国的地球科学劳动力起步较早，因为大多数大学生不熟悉作为地球科学一部分的各种学科，也不熟悉接受过地球科学培训的人的职业机会。 因此，很少有学生开始大学打算追求学位或职业生涯中的地球科学。 该提案通过在学生最有可能决定其职业轨迹的关键路口提供指导性的地球科学研究经验，扩大和发展了追求地球科学职业的学生群体。 通过为两年制大学的学生提供接受四年制大学和联邦机构科学家指导的机会，该计划通过加强传统上代表性不足的人口的教育来发展STEM劳动力。TechnicalMentored研究机会是招募，保留和促进STEM领域学生的有效手段，包括构成地球科学的各种学科，因此，指导研究为培养下一代地球科学家提供了一个示范模式。 这个指导研究计划，称为本科生珊瑚研究计划（UCRI），建立在美国地质勘探局科学家最近发现的一个独特的珊瑚避难所，从全球变暖中的阴影红树林支柱根在飓风洞，在美属维尔京群岛珊瑚礁国家纪念碑海洋保护区。 在三年的课程中，至少有十五名学生将被引导通过研究过程的所有阶段，从发展科学素养技能（第一阶段）开始，然后是实验设计，海洋环境中的数据收集，数据分析和研究结果的演示（第二阶段）的实用研究技能。 学生将在设计和执行实验，以解决生物和非生物因素，促进珊瑚生存在一些，但不是全部，这红树林栖息地的部分发挥核心作用。 由于珊瑚礁是海洋生态系统的关键组成部分，学生们进行的工作将有助于我们的理解，并有能力保护珊瑚免受全球变暖引起的压力。 最后，学生将通过与学生和教师在四年制大学（第三阶段）的地质领域技能培训，为地球科学职业提供更广阔的视角。

项目成果

Origin and Structure of a Large Aggregation of Suwannee Cooters ( Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis ) in a Florida Spring

佛罗里达州春季苏旺尼库特（Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis）大群的起源和结构

• DOI: 10.2744/ccb-1290.1
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Chelonian Conservation and Biology
• 影响因子: 0.7
• 作者: Johnston, Gerald R.;Mitchell, Joseph C.;Shemitz, Georgia A.;Butt, Peter L.;Adler, Jennifer M.
• 通讯作者: Adler, Jennifer M.