Microbial Exchanges and Couplings in Coastal Atlantic Systems: Biological Program

这是对切萨皮克湾及其邻近沿海地区一项为期三年的大型跨学科实地研究的一年更新。在最初的供资期间，该研究区的四次科学巡航收集了关于这一河口-海岸耦合系统的营养循环和微生物学的大量数据。这项工作提供了迄今为止关于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所起作用的最详细的图景。这一更新将使合作科学家能够在其现有基础上增加更多的结果，并出版科学出版物，将沿海环境中的这一新的测量集合整合在一起。

This is a one year renewal of a large three year interdisciplinary field study of the Chesapeake Bay and adjoining coastal area. During the initial funding period, four scientific cruises in this study area 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 coastal region impacted by large population centers. This renewal 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.