NSF Award Abstract - #9870218| NSF Award Abstract - #9870218 |
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| NSF Org | DEB |
| Latest Amendment Date | January 12, 2001 |
| Award Number | 9870218 |
| Award Instrument | Continuing grant |
| Program Manager |
James E. Rodman DEB DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY BIO DIRECT FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
| Start Date | September 15, 1998 |
| Expires | August 31, 2002 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $276580 (Estimated) |
| Investigator |
Eugene F. Stoermer stoermer@umich.edu (Principal Investigator current) Mark B. Edlund (Co-Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
University of Michigan 3003 S State St. RM 1062 Ann Arbor, MI 481091274 734/764-1817 |
| NSF Program | 1198 BIOTIC SURVEYS AND INVENTORIES |
| Field Application | 0313000 Regional & Environmental |
| Program Reference Code | 9169,EGCH, |
STOERMER DEB-9870218 A Mongolian-American International Partnership is proposed to survey a group of algae from poorly known Lake Hovsgol in Mongolia. Lake Hovsgol is a second, less-famous, ancient, large lake located in NW Mongolia and within the rift zone that also contains Russia's Lake Baikal. The partnership of scientists from the University of Michigan and the Mongolian State University will complete a floristic survey of the diatom algae within Mongolia's Lake Hovsgol National Park with simultaneous collection of environmental data. This group of algae are important as indicators of environmental change and as tools of paleoecological reconstruction. Ancient lake systems also contain organisms of great interest to science, because the species are indigenous to these lakes. The partnership will result in the documentation of between 600-1000 species, many that are new to science and probably endemic to Lake Hovsgol. Additional results of the partnership will include the training of Mongolian students in the study of diatoms, the creation of the first permanent diatom herbarium and reference collection in Mongolia, and the publication of a diatom flora in book and electronic format. Integration of collections and collection data with a proposed GIS and established herbaria in the United States and Europe will insure accessibility of findings to a large international audience.
