| 项目编号: | 1743412
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| 项目名称: | EAGER: CITIZEN SCIENCE BASED WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN UTAH LAKE |
| 作者: | Ramesh Goel
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| 承担单位: | University of Utah
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| 批准年: | 2017
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| 开始日期: | 2017-09-01
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| 结束日期: | 2018-08-31
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| 资助金额: | 99998
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Engineering - Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
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| 英文关键词: | citizen scientist
; science-based
; lake
; utah lake
; model water body
; citizen science-based water quality
; citizen science-based water quality program
; saltwater environment
; water quality research
; trained citizen
; drinking water utility
; sustainable citizen science-based water quality
; water quality datum collection
; citizen science project
; water environment
; surface water quality
; water quality datum monitoring
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| 英文摘要: | Cyanobacteria are a type of bacteria that can be found in almost every land and water environment, including oceans, lakes, and soils, and they are known to form extensive blooms in both freshwater and saltwater environments. Cyanobacteria are a growing concern for drinking water utilities, so understanding why cyanobacteria form blooms is a major focus of lake and ecological research. These blooms are termed harmful algal blooms (HABs), and in many cases, the prediction of HABs is not possible because of the unavailability of good data sets. Involving a large number of citizens in scientific data collection has the potential to help address this problem. In this project, a citizen science-based water quality program is being developed with Utah Lake, Utah as a model water body. The specific objectives of this citizen science project are to select and train citizen scientists in water quality data monitoring, to engage trained citizens in water quality data collection, to gather and validate the data collected by citizen scientists, and finally to develop a plan for a long term and sustainable citizen science-based water quality monitoring program.
In this research project, a citizen science-based water quality monitoring program is being established to increase public participation in decision making and to enable sustainable management of surface water quality. The scientific hypotheses are; (1) Utah Lake is phosphorus limited and the magnitude of internal and external phosphorus loads are similar over space and time, (2) genetic tools based on DNA sequencing of environmental samples can provide an improved resolution of cyanobacterial ecology (including novel species) in the lake under different environmental factors and elucidate the active role of other flanking bacterial communities during HABs events, and (3) participatory education and outreach approaches can be used to develop management strategies that are embraced by stakeholders throughout the watershed and thus implemented on a broader basis. The most significant broader impact of this research is the training and involvement of citizen scientists in water quality research that may aid regulatory decision making. Graduate and undergraduate students are also being trained in this project. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/89059
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| Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划
科学计划与规划
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| Recommended Citation: | |
Ramesh Goel. EAGER: CITIZEN SCIENCE BASED WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN UTAH LAKE. 2017-01-01.
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