U.S.-Mexico Collaboration: Workshop on Environmental Biology of Deserts and Oceans; Guaymas, Mexico, March 1996

9511838 Elser美洲项目奖金将支持11名美国科学家和5名研究生参加将在墨西哥瓜伊马斯举行的美国/墨西哥联合研讨会的旅费和相关费用。组织者是亚利桑那州立大学的James Elser博士和墨西哥索诺拉州蒙特雷高等理工学院（ITESM）的Edward Pfeiler博士。该研讨会将集中讨论索诺兰沿海地区的环境生物学，作为加强美国和墨西哥科学家在这一生态多样化的沙漠-海洋景观方面的科学交流的一个步骤。跨国和全球环境破坏的可能性，包括气候变化、污染物跨境运输和生物多样性丧失，随着全球经济的增长而增加。在环境敏感和经济活跃的美墨边境地区，这种潜力尤其强大，需要在基础和应用环境生物学领域加强国际科学交流。该研讨会将汇集来自美国和墨西哥的资深科学家和学生，以确定共同感兴趣的研究问题，以供未来的研究。＊＊＊

9511838 Elser This Americas Program award will support travel and related expenses for eleven U.S. scientists and five graduate students, to participate in a joint U.S./Mexico workshop to be held in Guaymas, Mexico. Organizers are Dr. James Elser, Arizona State University, and Dr. Edward Pfeiler, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Sonora, Mexico. The workshop will focus on the environmental biology of the coastal Sonoran region as a step towards increasing scientific exchange between U.S. and Mexican scientists in this ecologically diverse desert-ocean landscape. The potential for transnational and global environmental disruptions, including climate change, pollutant transport across international boundaries, and biodiversity loss, has increased with the global economy. This potential is especially strong in the environmentally sensitive and economically dynamic U.S.-Mexico boundary region and calls for increased international scientific exchanges in the area of basic and applied environmental biology. This workshop will bring together senior scientists, and students from both the U.S. and Mexico, to identify research questions of mutual interest for future investigations. ***