Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

这一行动为2003财年的NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金的目标是增加少数民族科学家在博士后水平上的参与，并为他们在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士后获得者提供了高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些奖学金支持的研究员将在未来劳动力培训中发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“紫外线辐射对两栖动物种群的影响--评估栖息地和群落结构的重要性”。据推测，暴露在UV-B辐射下的增加是导致全球两栖动物数量下降的一个因素。UV-B暴露引起的种群动态变化可能会对水生群落产生严重后果。这项研究试图量化俄勒冈州喀斯喀特地区不同种群和海拔地区的两栖动物对多种环境应激源的反应。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2003. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Impacts of ultraviolet radiation on amphibian populations- assessing the importance of habitat and community structure." Increased exposure to UV-B radiation is hypothesized to be a contributing factor to the global decline of amphibian populations. Changes in population dynamics due to UV-B exposure could have severe consequences on aquatic communities. This research seeks to quantify amphibian response to multiple environmental stressors across populations and elevations in the Oregon Cascades.