IRES: IMMINENT CHANGE IN A EUROPEAN MARINE RESERVE

Oise 11-30978在这个为期三年的项目中，PI将把美国学生带到爱尔兰科克郡的海恩湖海洋保护区进行生态研究。这个保护区是欧洲？S第一个法定海洋保护区，也是世界上最受保护的海岸之一？S用70多年的生态学研究。这个以极其丰富的栖息地和高度的物种多样性而闻名的海湖，由于最近一系列大规模的湖泊数据变化，面临着迫在眉睫的变化。每年将有两名本科生和两名研究生参与该项目。爱尔兰合作者是科林·利特尔(布里斯托尔大学)和罗布·麦卡伦(大学学院科克)。海恩湖是一个理想的田野模型系统，其选址具有许多后勤、科学和教育优势。统一的研究主题是了解海恩湖的海洋底栖生物生态，主要是通过记录物种丰度和分布，并比较这些随时间和不同空间尺度的变化。学生们呢？参与对历史遗迹的长期监测将使人们能够发现否则难以评估的长期变化。与当地科学家一起在海洋保护区工作对学生来说是一种宝贵的经验，将很好地转化为他们在海洋科学方面的未来。

OISE 11-30978 During this three year project, the PI will bring US students to the Lough Hyne Marine Reserve in County Cork, Ireland to conduct ecological research. This reserve is Europe?s first statutory marine reserve and is among the world?s most studied protected shores with more than 70 years of ecological study. This sea lough, known for extremely rich habitats and high species diversity, is faced with imminent change due to a recent series of large-scale alterations in the lough data. Each year two undergraduate and two graduate students will participate in the project. The Irish collaborators are Colin Little (University of Bristol) and Rob McAllen (University College Cork). Lough Hyne is an ideal field model system and the location has many logistical scientific and educational advantages. The unifying research theme is understanding the marine benthic ecology of the Lough Hyne primarily by recording species abundance and distributions and comparing these over time and over different spatial scales. The students? participation in long-term monitoring of historical sites will allow for detection of long term changes that are otherwise difficult to assess.Working in a marine protected area with local scientists is an invaluable experience for students that will translate well into their futures in marine sciences.