REU Site: Field Studies in Global Change at the Headwaters of the Mississippi

地球正在迅速变化，重要的是要了解生态系统和生物体在未来将面临怎样的挑战。全球变化影响着从亚细胞到生态系统的许多不同尺度的生态过程，正是这些尺度的巨大广度使得理解这些过程变得困难。该网站旨在介绍本科生研究全球变化生态学，并教他们如何处理大型和/或多个尺度和数据集。大力鼓励代表性不足群体的学生参加，以培养他们对全球变化问题的兴趣，并在这一重要研究领域培养一批更加多样化的未来领导人。参加该计划的学生将（1）在从事全球变化生态学研究的教师的指导下进行研究，（2）发展研究，合作和口头交流技能，以及（3）通过教师和研究生小组，现场研究研讨会，生态问题课程和伦理研讨会，面向科学研究的各个方面。每年夏天，五到十名学生将与明尼苏达大学的伊塔斯卡生物站和实验室（IBSL）的教师导师进行独立研究。学生将有机会从伊塔斯卡湖连续下载气候和湖沼学数据。这些数据与其他数据库一起沿着将用于训练学生分析和解释大型数据集。暑期课程将以为期三天的迎新会开始，并以海报会议结束，学生将在海报会议上展示他们独立研究项目的结果，并举行宴会。学生将从环境中受益匪浅（IBSL是该国最古老，设备最好的生物站之一）和参与该计划的教师。欲了解更多信息，请联系James Cotner博士，网址：cotne002@umn.edu; Sehoya Cotner，harri054@umn.edu;或Evelyn Juliussen，网址：（612）625-2275，ejuliuss@umn.edu;或访问http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/。

The Earth is changing rapidly and it is important to understand how ecosystems and organisms will be challenged in the future. Global change affects ecological processes at many different scales, from sub-cellular to ecosystems, and it is the great breadth of these scales that make understanding processes difficult. This REU site is designed to introduce undergraduate students to research into global change ecology and teach them how to deal with large and/or multiple scales and data sets. Participation by students from underrepresented groups is strongly encouraged in order to nurture their interest in global change issues and to produce a more diverse corps of future leaders in this important area of research. Students participating in this program will (1) Conduct research under the mentorship of faculty engaged in research in global change ecology, (2) Develop research, collaboration and oral communication skills, and (3) Become oriented to various aspects of scientific research via faculty- and graduate-student panels, an on-site research symposium, an ecological issues course and ethics seminars. Five to ten students each summer will conduct independent research with a faculty mentor at the University of Minnesota's Itasca Biological Station and Laboratory (IBSL). Students will have access to continuously downloaded climate and limnological data from Lake Itasca. These data along with other databases will be used to train students to analyze and interpret large data sets. The summer program will begin with a three-day orientation session and conclude with a poster session, in which students will present results from their independent research projects, and a banquet. Students will benefit greatly from the setting (IBSL is one of the oldest and best-equipped biological stations in the country) and faculty involved in this program. More information is available by contacting Dr. James Cotner, at cotne002@umn.edu; Sehoya Cotner at harri054@umn.edu; or Evelyn Juliussen at (612) 625-2275, ejuliuss@umn.edu; or by visiting http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/.