Nutrient Analysis Equipment for Community, Ecosystem, Hydrological and Physiological Research at Harvard Forest

该合同为购买营养分析设备包提供部分支持，该设备包由带有离子色谱仪系统的自动离子分析仪器组成。该仪器将有利于六名研究人员的研究计划，他们分析各种环境中的营养水平，包括土壤，沼泽，沼泽，溪流和森林，并调查各种植物类型中的营养运输。哈佛森林位于马萨诸塞州中部，是一个占地1200公顷的农村野外站、实验室和教室，是森林生物学和生态学的研究、教育和培训中心。这是美国国家科学基金会资助的长期生态研究（LTER）项目的研究重点，该项目整合了新英格兰森林历史和现代变化的陆地、水生和大气研究。研究范围从生物体到生态系统再到耦合系统。这些研究为哈佛大学和其他大学以及附近小型学院和社区学院的本科生、研究生和研究生提供了多种教育和培训机会。

This award provides partial support for purchase of a nutrient analysis equipment package consisting of an automated ion analysis instrument with an ion chromatograph system. The instrumentation will benefit the research programs of six investigators who analyze nutrient levels in a variety of environments, including soils, bogs, fens, streams and forests, and investigate nutrient transport in a variety of plant types. The Harvard Forest is a 1200 ha rural field station, laboratory, and classroom in central Massachusetts that has served as a center for research, education, and training in forest biology and ecology. It is the research focus of a National Science Foundation-funded Longterm Ecological Research (LTER) project that integrates terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric studies of the historical and modern changes in the forests of New England. Studies range from organisms to ecosystems to coupled systems. These studies provide multiple opportunities for education and training at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate level of students from Harvard and other universities, and from nearby small colleges and community colleges.