MRI: Acquisition of Nutrient Analyzer for Understanding and Communicating Land to Water Nutrient Transfer

这个建议是用于将养分转移与土地利用变化联系起来的研究和教育的设备。该设备将加强的项目重点是提高我们对土地利用变化如何改变氮和磷转移的理解，并通过教育和推广利用这种理解。研究活动涉及流域科学与教育中心实验室与公民协会、政府机构和非政府组织之间现有的合作安排。研究活动获取和评估数据，然后编写外联材料。这种方法同时促进了我们对营养转移的基本理解，也为参与的受众提供了信息。通过这些合作，本科生和研究生成为项目团队的一部分。他们与CWSE的工作人员和合作者合作，通过研究设计、数据获取、评估、准备和展示结果和建议获得研究经验。

McGinley0520711This proposal is for equipment that will be used in research and education linking nutrient transfer to land use change. The projects that will be enhanced with this equipment focus on increasing our understanding of how land use change alters nitrogen and phosphorus transfer, and leveraging that understanding through education and outreach. The research activities involve existing collaborative arrangements between the Center for Watershed Science and Education laboratory (CWSE) and citizen associations, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. The research activities acquire and evaluate data, and then develop outreach materials. This approach simultaneously advances our basic understanding of nutrient transfer and also provides information to engaged audiences. Through these collaborations, undergraduate students and graduate students become part of project teams. Working with CWSE staff and collaborators, they receive research experiences through study design, data acquisition, evaluation, preparation and presentation of findings and recommendations.