Nitrogen Assimilation in Coastal Waters Via the Amorphous Detritus Food Web

本提案旨在通过妇女研究机会项目获得研究计划资助。D'Avanzo博士建议研究从分解的河口植物中溶解的有机物质重新聚集成有机颗粒的过程，然后在河口的食物网中被鱼类、蠕虫和其他以碎屑为食的动物利用。D'Avanzo博士与波士顿大学海洋项目（伍兹霍尔）的科学家们合作，在海洋生态领域做了一些初步工作，她将制定一项扩大的研究计划，以继续这些研究。她目前是汉普郡学院（Hampshire College）一所小型本科院校的教授，因此，这个奖项应该有助于这位年轻女性参与海洋学研究，并在这一领域更好地培养本科生。

This proposal is for a Research Planning Grant through the Research Opportunities for Women program. Dr. D'Avanzo proposes to study the process by which dissolved organic material from decomposing estuarine plants is reaggregated into organic particles and then utilized in the food webs of estuaries by fishes, worms and other detritus-eating animals. Dr. D'Avanzo has done some preliminary work on this area of marine ecology in collaboration with scientists at the Boston University Marine Program (Woods Hole) and she will be developing an expanded research proposal to continue these studies. She is presently a professor at a small, primarily undergraduate institution - Hampshire College, therefore this award should facilitate both the participation of this young woman in oceanographic research and better undergraduate training in this field.