REU Site Proposal: Environmental research supporting management of coastal barriers and estuaries in North Carolina altered by human activities and climate change

北卡罗来纳大学海洋科学研究所(IMS)的本科生研究体验(REU)项目位于北卡罗来纳州莫尔黑德市，在为期10周的暑期研究项目中，每年总共支持8名学生。学生将设计、实施和解释个人研究项目，这些项目与北卡罗来纳州沿海环境研究的研究相结合。维持沿海生境的生态系统服务，同时维持这些地区的社会和经济用途，需要彻底了解相关的自然过程以及具体人为活动的后果。人类对沿海屏障和附近河口的广泛居住和访问说明了与使用这些生境有关的问题，但却没有提供在选择替代管理战略方面的洞察力。IMS在沿海地区进行研究已有数十年的历史，事实证明这些研究对政策制定者很有用。学生们将在北卡罗来纳州沿海的几个地点继续努力，包括位于勒琼营地的美国海军陆战队基地，该基地的环境管理面临着其他沿海地区看到的所有问题，同时还面临着额外的挑战，即在不损害基地自然资源完整性的情况下保持军事训练活动。在暑假结束时，REU的学生在学生研究研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并写一篇研究论文。NSF提供的支持包括学生津贴、学生往返现场的旅费、学生住宿和餐饮以及一些行政费用。

The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), located in Morehead City, NC will support a total of 8 students each year during a 10 week summer research program. Students will design, conduct, and interpret individual research projects that articulate with research focusing on environmental studies in coastal North Carolina. Sustaining ecosystem services of coastal habitats, while maintaining social and economic uses of these areas, requires a thorough understanding of the relevant natural processes as well as the consequences of specific anthropogenic activities. Extensive human habitation and visitation to coastal barriers and nearby estuaries has illustrated the problems associated with uses of these habitats without providing insight in choosing among alternative management strategies. IMS has a decades-long history of conducting research in coastal regions that has proved useful to policy makers. Students will continue that effort at several locations in coastal North Carolina including the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune where environmental management of the base faces all the problems seen in other coastal regions, with the added challenge of maintaining military training activities without degrading the integrity of the base's natural resources. At the end of the summer, REU students present their results during a student research symposium and write a research paper. Support provided by NSF includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.