Collaborative Research: Impacts of Local Oceanographic Processes on Adelie Penguin Foraging Ecology Over Palmer Deep

在帕尔默深海（南极西部半岛; WAP）应用创新的海洋观测和动物遥测技术，正在导致新的认识，也导致与极地生态系统过程有关的许多新问题，以及通过极地环境中的生物物理相互作用对其进行控制。这项多平台实地研究将调查沿海物理过程（例如潮汐，海流，上升流事件，海冰）对WAP Anvers岛附近Palmer Deep附近的Adélie企鹅觅食生态的影响。根据来自高频雷达（HFR）沿海网络的遥感表面电流图，实时表面收敛和发散的指导下，一个多学科研究小组将自适应地对影响阿德利企鹅觅食生态的浮游植物和浮游动物的分布进行采样，以了解当地海洋过程如何构建生态系统。该提案的核心教育目标是通过在实地工作期间与科学家、学生和技术人员进行互动访谈，提高对以下方面的认识和理解：（i）全球气候变化;（ii）独特的WAP生态系统;（iii）研究人员使用的创新方法和技术;（iv）海洋科学事业。这些活动将针对K-16学生及其教师的教学规划。研究人员和教育工作者将分别进行形成性和总结性评价，以改进教育方案并衡量其影响。

The application of innovative ocean observing and animal telemetry technology over Palmer Deep (Western Antarctic Peninsula; WAP) is leading to new understanding, and also to many new questions related to polar ecosystem processes and their control by bio-physical interactions in the polar environment. This multi-platform field study will investigate the impact of coastal physical processes (e.g. tides, currents, upwelling events, sea-ice) on Adélie penguin foraging ecology in the vicinity of Palmer Deep, off Anvers Island, WAP. Guided by real-time surface convergence and divergences based on remotely sensed surface current maps derived from a coastal network of High Frequency Radars (HFRs), a multidisciplinary research team will adaptively sample the distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton, which influence Adélie penguin foraging ecology, to understand how local oceanographic processes structure the ecosystem. Core educational objectives of this proposal are to increase awareness and understanding of (i) global climate change, (ii) the unique WAP ecosystem, (iii) innovative methods and technologies used by the researchers, and (iv) careers in ocean sciences, through interactive interviews with scientists, students, and technicians, during the field work. These activities will be directed towards instructional programming for K-16 students and their teachers. Researchers and educators will conduct formative and summative evaluation to improve the educational program and measure its impacts respectively.