REU SITE: Undergraduate research experiences in coastal and nearshore marine systems of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

海豚岛海洋实验室（DISL）位于阿拉巴马州南部的墨西哥湾，每年夏天将为8名本科生提供为期10周的暑期研究经历，为期两年。学生将与导师一起工作，导师分享他们的研究兴趣并进行独立研究，同时与研究生、博士后研究人员和教师在一个随时可以进入近岸环境的环境中进行互动。REU的学生将参加一系列旨在培养实验设计、科学写作和演讲等关键技能的研讨会。学生将在导师的指导下设计、实施、分析和报告独立的实验室和实地研究项目。项目将侧重于研究站周围水域的沿海和近岸过程。研究问题可能涉及生态学、渔业生物学、进化、生态系统相互作用、保护、微生物学、生物地球化学和物理海洋学等方面。REU学生将参加由DISL和访问教师举办的研讨会，与常驻研究生互动，并参加个别实验室小组会议，为探索自己项目之外的研究课题提供机会。学生也将被鼓励发表他们的研究成果，并参加科学会议，以介绍他们的工作。

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Alabama, will offer 10-week summer research experiences to 8 undergraduate students each summer for two years. Students will work with mentors who share their research interests and carry out independent research while interacting with graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty in a setting with ready access to the nearshore environment. REU students will participate in a series of workshops designed to develop critical skills in experimental design, scientific writing and presentations. The students, under the guidance of faculty mentors, will then design, implement, analyze and report on independent laboratory and field research projects. Projects will focus on coastal and nearshore processes in the waters surrounding the research station. Research questions may address aspects of ecology, fisheries biology, evolution, ecosystem interactions, conservation, microbiology, biogeochemistry and physical oceanography. The REU students will attend seminars by DISL and visiting faculty, interact with resident graduate students and participate in individual lab group meetings, providing opportunities to explore research topics outside of their own projects. Students will also be encouraged to publish results of their research and to attend scientific conferences to present their work.