Instrument Aquisition in Support of Marine Biology Curriculum Development

珍妮特·霍德应于9550861财年3月在俄勒冈州生物学院支付18,400美元，或97420 ILI-仪器项目：生命科学标题：支持海洋生物学课程开发的仪器获取俄勒冈大学海洋生物学研究所为本科生开设了一个公认的课程。来自俄勒冈大学和全国各地机构的学生都参加了这些课程。我们为学生提供密集的面向领域的课程，涵盖各种海洋科学学科。这项提案中涉及的问题主要涉及我们的两门面向过程的课程--生物海洋学和河口生物学。这些课程应该包括对近岸海洋和河口开阔水域的调查。我们既没有进入这些栖息地的船只，也没有适当的设备让学生对这些地区进行采样，并充分了解公开水域栖息地所涉及的过程。最近在OIMB购买了合适的船，现在我们可以把学生带到水面上。这使得我们能够在这些课程中计划实验室练习，让本科生有机会使用现代海洋学设备对这些开放水域进行调查。通过这项提议，我们寻求为设备提供资金，以促进这些实验室活动的开展。这笔资金将为学生提供现场和实验室设备，让他们回答有关海洋和河口过程的问题。我们建议扩大生物海洋学和河口生物学课程，以包括利用现代仪器和技术调查开放水域的物理和生物参数的活动。学生将获得实地收集数据的实践经验，并将有机会在现场和实验室环境中处理这些数据。这将使它们对沿海和河口生境的生物学有一个更全面的了解。

Janet Hodder DUE 9550861 Oregon Inst of Mar Biol FY1995 $ 18,400 Charleston, OR 97420 ILI - Instrumentation Project: Life Sciences Title: Instrument Aquisition in Support of Marine Biology Curriculum Development The University of Oregon's Institute of Marine Biology has a well recognized program for undergraduates. Courses are attended by students from both the University of Oregon and from institutions throughout the nation. We offer students intense field oriented courses that cover a variety of marine science disciplines. The problem addressed in this proposal relates primarily to two of our process oriented courses, biological oceanography and estuarine biology. These courses should include an investigation of the open waters of the nearshore ocean and estuary. We have neither had boats for access to these habitats nor the appropriate equipment to allow students to sample these areas and gain a full understanding of the processes involved in open water habitats. The recent acquisition of suitable boats at OIMB now enables us to take students on to the water. This has allowed us to plan laboratory exercises in these courses giving undergraduates the opportunity to conduct investigations, using modern oceanographic equipment, of these open waters. With this proposal we seek funding for equipment to facilitate the development of these laboratory exercises. The funds will provide field and laboratory equipment for students to answer questions about oceanographic and estuarine processes. We propose to expand the biological oceanography and estuarine biology courses to include activities that investigate the physical and biological parameters of open water using modern instrumentation and techniques. Students will obtain hands-on experience in the co llection of data in the field, and will have the opportunity to process these data in both field and lab settings. This will provide them with a more complete picture of the biology of coastal and estuarine habitats.