IAI Workshop: Development of an IAI Research Center on Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms

9529691安德森拟议的研讨会将把来自九个IAI国家的科学家聚集在一起，建立一个合作研究计划。将成立IAI有害藻华研究中心(HAB)，由该地区的一组调查人员和机构组成。学员将使用统一的技术和方法解决常见问题。该计划的总体目标将是研究赤潮的发生趋势、潜在的形成机制以及与人类活动和全球变化现象的可能联系。最终目标是制定共同战略，扭转这一趋势，管理受影响的资源，减轻影响。研讨会参与者将为拟议的研究中心开发四到五个项目，提交给IAI，以获得IAI启动补助金的第二阶段。可能在IAI赤潮研究中心范围内讨论的科学领域如下：赤潮的海洋学和环境机制；赤潮动态和分布中自然因素和人为因素的相对重要性；与河流流入沿海水域有关的赤潮事件；有毒甲藻生理学和水华动力学的合作研究；以及评估有害物种在自然或意外人为协助下扩散的程度。此外，第二阶段的HAB中心提案也可用作连接科学家、管理人员和涉及HAB问题的机构的信息网络。卫生与环境局中心也可用于针对科学界和普通公众的教育活动。拟议的研讨会将把来自九个IAI国家的科学家聚集在一起，建立一个研究有害藻华(HAB)的合作研究计划，该计划由来自该地区的一组调查人员和机构组成。该研究中心的参与者将使用统一的技术和方法解决共同的问题。该计划的总体目标将是研究赤潮的发生趋势、潜在的形成机制以及与人类活动和全球变化现象的可能联系。最终目标是制定共同战略，扭转这一趋势，管理受影响的资源，减轻影响。讲习班参与者将为拟议的研究中心开发四到五个项目，提交给IAI启动补助金第二阶段。在过去的二十年里，美洲的HAB问题的性质发生了很大的变化。近年来，海洋赤潮发病率持续上升，对整个美洲的人类健康和经济发展构成严重威胁，因此迫切需要更好地了解海洋赤潮发病率的上升趋势。二十年前，只有几个国家受到影响，而且只发生在分散的地区。现在，几乎每个沿海国家都受到威胁，在许多情况下，威胁范围很大，而且受到多种有害或有毒藻类的威胁。所有沿海IAI成员国都存在严重的HAB问题，包括阿根廷、巴西、加拿大、智利、哥斯达黎加、墨西哥、秘鲁、美国和乌拉圭。这些国家中的每一个都将作为IAI的成员国参加研讨会，IAI是一项倡议，旨在促进对美洲全球变化问题的合作研究。国家科学基金会是指定的美国政府，在IAI内履行美国的责任。***

9529691 Anderson The proposed workshop will bring scientists from nine IAI countries together to establish a cooperative research program. An IAI Research Center for the study of Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) will be formed, consisting of a group of investigators and institutions from the region. The participants will work on common problems using uniform techniques and approaches. The overall goal of the program will be to examine the trends of HAB incidence, mechanisms underlying their formation, and possible linkages to human activities and global change phenomena. The ultimate objective is to develop common strategies to reverse the trend, manage affected resources and mitigate impacts. Workshop participants will develop four to five projects for the proposed Research Center, to be submitted to IAI for Phase II of the IAI Start-Up Grants. The scientific areas which will likely be addressed within the context of an IAI HAB Research Center are the following: oceanographic and environmental mechanisms underlying HABs; the relative importance of natural versus anthropogenic factors in HAB dynamics and distribution; HAB events associated with river outflows into coastal water; cooperative research into toxic dinoflagellate physiology and bloom dynamics; and assessing the extent to which harmful species have dispersed, either naturally or with accidental human assistance. In addition, the Phase II proposal for an HAB Center could also be used as a information network linking scientists, administrators, agencies involved in HAB issues. The HAB Center may also be used for educational activities which target both the scientific community and the general public. %%% The proposed workshop will bring scientists from nine IAI countries together to establish a cooperative research program for the study of Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB), consisting of a group of investigators and institutions from the region. The participants of this Research Center will work on common problems using uniform techniq ues and approaches. The overall goal of the program will be to examine the trends of HAB incidence, mechanisms underlying their formation, and possible linkages to human activities and global change phenomena. The ultimate objective is to develop common strategies to reverse the trend, manage affected resources and mitigate impacts. The workshop participants will develop four to five projects for the proposed Research Center to be submitted for Phase II of the IAI Start-Up Grants. The nature of the HAB problem has changed considerably over the last two decades in the Americas. In recent years, there has been a steady and alarming increase in marine HAB incidence that poses a serious threat to human health and economic development throughout the Americas, and there is therefore an urgent need to better understand this increase in marine HAB incidence. Two decades ago, only a few countries were affected, and then only in scattered locations. Now virtually every coastal country is threatened, in many cases over large geographic areas and by multiple harmful or toxic algal species. All coastal IAI member states have serious HAB problems, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay. Each of these countries will participate in the workshop as Member States of the IAI, an initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues in the Americas. The National Science Foundation is the designated U.S. Government to carry out U.S. responsibilities within the IAI. ***