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| MSU receives National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research at
Undergraduate Institutions Grant for Aquatic Environmental Science |
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| The Biogeochemistry of Reservoir Floodplains |
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| C-RUI
Program |
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| In the fall
of 1999 the National Science Foundation funded a proposal by nine MSU
College of Science faculty to provide research opportunities for
undergraduates. The grant proposal, Biogeochemical and
Ecological Processes Within a Reservoir Littoral Zone, is
concerned with geological, chemical, and biological processes that occur
in the littoral zone of the Kentucky Lake reservoir. The littoral
zone is that area of the lake that is flooded in the summer and dry in
the winter when the reservoir level is dropped. The littoral zone
of the reservoir is inverted when compared to natural lakes which are
flooded in the winter and dry in the summer. |
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| Four
students were chosen in January 2000 to work on the project. These
students have written proposals and have begun their research.
Four additional students began in May and will present their proposals
in September. Students are paid a stipend of $6,000. per year and
are provided the supplies and equipment to conduct research under the guidance
of C-RUI faculty. Travel funds are provided to support presentations at
national meetings. |
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