Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health

伊利湖淡水和人类健康中心是一个为期五年的多机构合作项目，旨在了解影响伊利湖蓝藻有害藻华（cHABs）生长和毒性的环境因素和持续变化。该中心将支持三个研究项目。具体来说，这些项目解决了以下目标：首先，环境因素如何促进或限制cHAB物种在混合种群中的增殖；第二，环境因素如何影响cHAB物种的毒素产生；第三，微生物组合的其他成员如何影响cHAB的生长和毒性。本中心将提供一个社区参与核心来领导外联活动，通过以下努力向公众宣传cHABs的影响：(1)为与本中心有关的科学家提供社区参与奖学金培训，(2)为与本中心有关的从业人员或社区成员提供社区参与奖学金培训，以及(3)对大湖区和环境健康素养进行利益攸关方需求评估，以告知一般外联信息需求。与包船船长的公民科学合作将进一步开发伊利湖cHAB严重程度的近实时数据库，设施核心将提供元数据，不仅为三个声明的研究项目服务，而且还为所有五大湖科学家提供数据库。其结果是让大湖地区的社区利益攸关方和研究人员参与有关人类健康、气候变化和对我们淡水资源所受威胁的认识等问题的讨论。该中心由美国国家科学基金会和国家环境健康科学研究所（NIEHS）共同支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health is a five-year, multi-institutional effort aimed at understanding the environmental factors and ongoing changes that influence the growth and toxicity of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) in Lake Erie. The Center will support three research projects. Specifically these projects address the following aims: first, how environmental cues promote or constrain the proliferation of cHAB species in mixed populations; second, how environmental cues influence toxin production by cHAB species; third, how other member of the microbial assemblage influence cHAB growth and toxicity. The Center will provide a Community Engagement Core to lead outreach activities that will inform the general public on the effects of cHABs by efforts that include: (1) a community engaged scholarship training for scientists associated with the Center, (2) community-engaged scholarship training for practitioners or community members associated with the Center, and (3) a stakeholder needs assessment for Great Lakes and environmental health literacy to inform general outreach information needs. A citizen science engagement with charter boat captains will further develop a near real-time database on cHAB severity in Lake Erie, and the Facilities Core will provide metadata that not only serve the three stated research projects, but also yield a database available to all Great Lakes scientists. The outcomes are to involve community stakeholders and researchers in the Great Lakes on issues regarding human health, climate change and awareness of threats to our fresh water resources. The Center is jointly supported by NSF and by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).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.