U.S.-Nepal Cooperative Research: Seasonal Variation in the Limnology of Subtropical Lakes in Nepal as Controlled by Monsoon Climate

9602105琼斯描述：该奖项支持一个新的生态学研究合作项目，题为“受季风气候控制的尼泊尔亚热带湖泊湖沼学的季节变化”。PI是密苏里大学(MU)的John Jones博士和加德满都世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)的J.McEachern/T.B.Shrestha博士。PIS将对尼泊尔位于不同土地利用制度下的温暖的单体湖泊和温暖的多相湖泊进行为期两年的湖泊学研究。将测量营养状态、离子盐度、营养限制、浮游植物组成和生物量以及藻类毒素的季节变化。蓝藻的属性将与湖相特征相关联，以确定季节模式。这项研究将增进我们对季风气候如何影响湖泊的理解，并将有助于建立尼泊尔湖泊季节性的适度数据库。范围：该项目将根据农业部与世界自然保护联盟-尼泊尔之间的谅解备忘录进行，该联盟正在领导一项国家湿地保护和管理工作。其中包括对水化学、动植物的普查，以及全国湿地的电子数据库。IUCN将分担实地采集的费用；MU将处理水样，以获得水质和藻类毒素的数据。研究结果将联合发表。*巴基斯坦，是在这一领域进行研究的科学家之间发展关系的下一步。S等领域的研究。在信息交流中发展关系。国际非加速器粒子物理会议将于1994年1月2-9日在印度班加罗尔举行。加州大学欧文分校的Gaurang B.Yodh和塔塔基础研究所、班加罗尔印度天体物理研究所所长R.Cowsik是组织者。这次会议致力于讨论从非加速器粒子物理的不同领域产生的基础物理，如：太阳中微子天文学、宇宙射线、粒子物理、中微子物理和暗物质探测。在过去的五年里，这些领域已经取得了实质性的进展，人们普遍认为，标准模型以外的几个物理问题的确切答案现在可以来自非加速器探究方法。与会者将回顾粒子物理各个方面的最新发展，它们在天体物理情况下的意义，暗物质的实验探测，理论解释以及宇宙大尺度结构的经验和物理模型。范围：这次会议将在印度天体物理研究所和加州大学欧文分校之间的一项重大跨学科研究计划之前举行。由于本次会议将讨论的各个领域的大量研究都在美国进行，美国研究人员向一个由来自世界各地的一些最受尊敬的科学家组成的国际机构展示他们的工作将是很重要的。***

9602105 Jones Description: This award supports a new research collaboration in ecological studies entitled "Seasonal Variation in the Limnology of Subtropical Lakes in Nepal as Controlled by Monsoon Climate." The PIs are Dr. John Jones of the University of Missouri (MU) and Drs.J.McEachern/T.B.Shrestha of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Kathmandu. The PIs will conduct a two-year limnological study of warm monomictic and warm polymictic lakes in Nepal located in differing land-use regimes. Seasonal variability in trophic state, ionic salinity, nutrient limitation, phytoplankton composition and biomass, and algal toxins will be measured. The attributes of cyanobacteria will be related to limnological features to determine seasonal patterns. This research will advance our understanding of how the monsoon climate influences lakes and will contribute to the modest database on lake seasonality in Nepal. Scope: This project will be conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding between MU and the IUCN-Nepal which is leading a national effort for conservation and management of wetlands. Included is a reconnaissance survey of water chemistry, fauna and flora, and an electronic database of wetlands throughout the country. The IUCN will share costs for field collections; MU will process water samples for data on water quality and algal toxins. The research findings will be jointly published. *** Pakistan and is the next step in developing a relationship between scientists who are doing research in this field. s area of research. ngoing relationship in the exchange of information foin developing . The International Conference on Non-Accelerator Particle Physics will convene in Bangalore, India from January 2-9, 1994. Gaurang B. Yodh, University of California, Irvine and R. Cowsik, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore are the organizers. This conference is dedicated to the discussion of the fundamental physics that emerges from diverse areas of non-accelerator particle physics such as: Solar Neutrino Astronomy, Cosmic Rays, Particle Physics, Neutrino Physics and the Detection of Dark Matter. Substantial progress has been made in these fields during the past five years and it is widely thought that definitive answers to several questions of Physics beyond the Standard Model can now come from Non-Accelerator methods of inquiry. The conferees will review recent developments in the various aspects of Particle Physics, their implications in astrophysical situations, experimental detection of dark matter, theoretical interpretation and empirical and physical models of the large scale structure of the Universe. Scope: This conference will precede a major interdisciplinary research program between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the University of California, Irvine. As considerable research is going on in the US in all fields to be discussed at this conference, it will be important for the US researchers to present their work to an international body of some of the most respected scientists from all over the world. ***