Arctic Marine Microbial Ecosystem Services

拟议研究计划的驱动问题是：海冰损失、经济发展和其他人类影响将如何影响北极海洋微生物提供的生态系统服务？目标1将利用在丘吉尔海洋观测站进行的实验性围隔生态系统研究，以提高在冰层覆盖的沃茨就地处理溢油的最新技术水平，支持环境可持续性和社区复原力。目标2将量化北极海洋微生物生态系统服务，通过创新的跨学科努力，在偏远地区进行真实的实时绘图和可视化，编制北极第一份生物多样性预算。

The driving question for the proposed research program is: How will sea ice loss, economic development, and other human impacts affect ecosystem services provided by Arctic marine microbes? Objective 1 will utilize experimental mesocosm studies at the Churchill Marine Observatory to advance the state of the art for in situ treatment of oil spilled in ice-covered waters in support of environmental sustainability and community resilience. Objective 2 will quantify Arctic marine microbial ecosystem services with an innovative, interdisciplinary effort to map and visualize them in real time in remote locations, producing the first biodiversity budget for the Arctic.