REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Estuarine Processes

REU 网站：河口过程本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1756244
• 负责人: Michael Allen
• 金额: $ 101.8万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1756244&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Experiences

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in marine and estuarine science at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) will be supported for five years. The program will be run at two UMCES laboratories, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons, MD and the Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) in Cambridge, MD. A total of fifteen undergraduates will participate in the program each summer for twelve weeks during which students will conduct an independent research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Following orientation, REU students work with their mentor to write a research proposal, conduct field and laboratory studies, analyze data, write a research paper, and present a talk at a final symposium. The program introduces REU students to applying the scientific method; learning field, lab, and data analysis methods; developing an understanding of coastal and estuarine processes; achieving an in-depth understanding of a research problem; and learning to interpret, organize, and present in written and oral form the results of a research project. Students may work individually with their mentors or as part of a broader, interdisciplinary research team. The program includes a partnership with Gallaudet University in Washington, DC and several small institutions in Puerto Rico. Most of the funding provided supports participant costs for seventy-five undergraduates, including student stipends, housing and transportation to and from their home to participate in the program. This REU program contributes to the national goals of training the next generation of scientists and developing the nation's scientifically literate workforce. Recent student research topics include nutrient biogeochemistry, estuarine modeling, sedimentology, trace element chemistry, fisheries bioenergetics modeling, predator/prey and other ecological studies, microbial ecology, genetics, environmental contamination, and toxicity studies. In addition, professional development will include sessions on science communication, research ethics, the graduate school application process and non-academic careers in science. Students will be encouraged to continue their research after the program, either by being a co-author on a scientific publication, pursuing a senior thesis, or attending a scientific conference. The primary intent of the program is to meet NSF's goal of developing a diverse, internationally competitive scientific workforce by encouraging seventy-five undergraduate students to pursue a career in marine science.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

马里兰州大学环境科学中心（UMCES）的海洋和河口科学本科生研究经验（REU）计划将获得五年的支持。该项目将在两个UMCES实验室运行，即位于Solomons，MD的切萨皮克生物实验室（CBL）和位于剑桥，MD的Horn Point实验室（HPL）。每年夏天，共有15名本科生参加该计划，为期12周，在此期间，学生将在教师导师的指导下进行独立的研究项目。在定向之后，REU学生与他们的导师一起撰写研究提案，进行实地和实验室研究，分析数据，撰写研究论文，并在最后的研讨会上发表演讲。该计划介绍REU学生应用科学方法;学习现场，实验室和数据分析方法;发展沿海和河口过程的理解;实现对研究问题的深入理解;并学习解释，组织和以书面和口头形式呈现研究项目的结果。学生可以单独与他们的导师或作为一个更广泛的，跨学科的研究团队的一部分。该计划包括与华盛顿的Gallaudet大学和波多黎各的几个小机构合作。提供的大部分资金支持75名本科生的参与者费用，包括学生津贴，住房和交通，从他们的家参加该计划。该REU计划有助于培养下一代科学家和发展国家科学素养劳动力的国家目标。最近的学生研究课题包括营养盐地球化学，河口建模，沉积学，微量元素化学，渔业生物能量学建模，捕食者/猎物和其他生态学研究，微生物生态学，遗传学，环境污染和毒性研究。此外，专业发展将包括科学传播，研究伦理，研究生院申请过程和科学非学术职业课程。学生将被鼓励继续他们的研究计划后，无论是在科学出版物的合著者，追求高级论文，或参加科学会议。该计划的主要目的是通过鼓励75名本科生从事海洋科学事业来实现NSF发展多元化，具有国际竞争力的科学劳动力的目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Using fisheries observation data to develop a predictive species distribution model for endangered sea turtles

• DOI: 10.1111/csp2.349
• 发表时间: 2021-01
• 期刊: Conservation Science and Practice
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Jennie Hannah Degenford;D. Liang;H. Bailey;A. Hoover;P. Zarate;J. Azócar;Daniel Devia;J. Alfaro‐Shigueto;J. Mangel;Nelly de Paz;Javier Quinones Davila;David Sarmiento Barturen;Juan M. Rguez‐Baron;A. Williard;C. Fahy;Nicole Barbour;G. Shillinger

Reproductive isolation and morphological divergence between cryptic lineages of the copepod Acartia tonsa in Chesapeake Bay

• DOI: 10.3354/meps12569
• 发表时间: 2018-06
• 期刊: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: L. Plough;C. Fitzgerald;A. Plummer;J. Pierson

Metabolic rates of Neomysis americana (Smith, 1873) (Mysida: Mysidae) from a temperate estuary vary in response to summer temperature and salinity conditions

来自温带河口的美洲新鼠 (Neomysis americana) (Smith, 1873)（Mysida: Mysidae）的代谢率因夏季温度和盐度条件而异

• DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa031
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Crustacean Biology
• 影响因子: 1.1
• 作者: Chapina, Rosaura J;Rowe, Christopher L;Woodland, Ryan J
• 通讯作者: Woodland, Ryan J

Low-salinity tolerance of early-stage oyster larvae from a mesohaline estuary

中盐河口早期牡蛎幼体的低盐耐受性

• DOI: 10.3354/meps12905
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: Scharping, RJ;Plough, LV;Meritt, DW;North, EW
• 通讯作者: North, EW

Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore

• DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00252
• 发表时间: 2022-09-12
• 期刊: FOOD WEBS
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Quillen，Kennedy;Santos，Nina;Woodland，Ryan J.
• 通讯作者: Woodland，Ryan J.