EAGER: PPER Evaluating potential for lake water quality decline by partnering with citizen scientists

EAGER：PPER 通过与公民科学家合作评估湖泊水质下降的可能性

• 批准号: 1743082
• 负责人: Aria Amirbahman
• 金额: $ 9.86万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 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: 2017-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; PPER; Evaluating; potential; lake

Challenges to maintaining high water quality in Maine lakes include predicting the responses of lake ecosystems to variations and the extent of engagement of residents in lake stewardship activities. The long-term goal of this research project is to advance a fundamental understanding of processes that control the susceptibility of lakes to environmental factors. Citizen scientists are being trained to collect the data that projects researchers are using to characterize the environmental characteristics of the local environment. The cross-disciplinary approach to the research project, especially with respect to stakeholder engagement in implementing best management practices, can act as a model for other states.The goal of this project is to engage citizen scientists to collect water and sediment samples from 25 Maine lakes simultaneously several times during the summer season across a continuum of oligotrophic to eutrophic lakes. The synthesis of data allows the project researchers to formulate a scientific basis for the changes in lake water quality and to develop a predictive model for the epilimnetic phosphorus concentrations. Through workshops and pre- and post-project surveys with citizen scientists and lake residents, the researchers are articulating processes by which changes to lake water quality are influenced by natural and anthropogenic factors and identifying cognitive and behavioral factors that affect the human system. The project researchers are training citizen scientists in proper sample collection practice and developing surveys to assess lake stewardship activities and engagement. Afterwards, the researchers are implementing lake stewardship workshops to share the project findings. The development of the predictive lake phosphorus model involving lake stakeholders will advance knowledge within the field of limnology and will allow the development of an adaptive management process whereby the interaction between the social and biophysical components are enhanced.

保持高水质在缅因州湖泊的挑战包括预测湖泊生态系统的变化和居民参与湖泊管理活动的程度的反应。该研究项目的长期目标是推进对控制湖泊对环境因素敏感性的过程的基本理解。 公民科学家正在接受培训，以收集项目研究人员用来描述当地环境特征的数据。 该研究项目的跨学科方法，特别是在利益相关者参与实施最佳管理实践方面，可以作为其他州的典范。该项目的目标是让公民科学家在夏季期间多次同时收集25个缅因州湖泊的水和沉积物样本，这些湖泊从贫营养到富营养的连续性。数据的综合使项目研究人员能够为湖泊水质变化制定科学依据，并为表层磷浓度开发预测模型。 通过与公民科学家和湖泊居民的研讨会和项目前和项目后调查，研究人员正在阐明湖泊水质变化受自然和人为因素影响的过程，并确定影响人类系统的认知和行为因素。项目研究人员正在培训公民科学家进行适当的样本收集实践，并开展调查，以评估湖泊管理活动和参与情况。 之后，研究人员正在实施湖泊管理研讨会，以分享项目成果。湖泊利益攸关方参与的湖泊磷预测模型的开发将推进湖沼学领域的知识，并将允许开发一个适应性管理过程，从而加强社会和生物物理组成部分之间的相互作用。