Microbial Exchanges and Couplings in Coastal Atlantic Systems: Biological Programs

这是对切萨皮克湾和邻近沿海地区进行的为期三年的大型跨学科实地研究的一年结论。在最初的资助期间，四次科学巡航收集了大量关于河口-海岸耦合系统的营养循环和微生物学的数据。这项工作提供了迄今为止海洋细菌和浮游植物在受大型人口中心影响的沿海地区同化能力中的作用的最详细的图片。这笔资金将允许合作科学家在他们现有的基础上增加额外的结果，并出版科学出版物，将这一新的沿海环境测量集合结合起来。

This is a one year conclusion of a large three year interdisciplinary field study of the Chesapeake Bay and adjoining coastal area. During the initial funding period, four scientific cruises collected a wealth of data on the nutrient recycling and microbiology of this coupled estuarine - coastal system. This work offers the most detailed picture yet of the role of marine bacteria and phytoplankton in the assimilative capacity of a coastal region impacted by large population centers. This funding will allow the collaborative scientists to add additional results to their existing base, and produce scientific publications integrating this novel collection of measurements in the coastal environment.