自1980年以来, the 环境中心 at Anne Arundel 社区 College has supported the college's mission through applied research projects designed to address local environmental necessities.

AACC环保中心:

• Supports applied research projects designed to address local environmental issues
• 与学生合作, sponsors and local organizations to assist in developing solutions to a variety of contemporary environmental problems
• Provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience by participating in projects that improve environmental health in the local community
• Supports equity in environmental research by involving a diverse population of AACC students in research opportunities

调查范围

Our approach is simple: identify key problems, 与专家合作, identify and test possible solutions, repeat as needed and then seek new challenges.  The center's areas of specialty include:

• Creation and restoration of wetlands for shoreline stabilization.
• Bioremediation and toxicity testing at industrial sites and sites impacted by stormwater runoff.
• Environmental monitoring of swimming areas and restoration sites.
• 本地物种的保存.

水生植物苗圃

The 环境中心 established a collaborative effort with the Providence Center, an education/care facility serving developmentally disabled adults, to produce aquatic plants for use in wetlands restoration projects.

The center provides starting material such as seeds to Providence Center clients who in turn plant and grow the numbers of plants needed for a particular restoration project. This collaboration offers the auxiliary benefits of providing jobs and educational opportunities to both AACC students and clients of Providence Center.

春池研究

苏珊·拉蒙特教授，博士.D., in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Sandy Point State Park, is conducting a long-term research study on vernal pool habitat in the Corcoran Woods Environmental Study Area, which is part of Sandy Point State Park. Students from three different biology courses participate in the study, in addition to those who sign up through service-learning. In the spring term, students collect water chemistry and biological data within the vernal pools. During the fall term when the pools are dry, students collect vegetation data within a series of permanent plots located in and around the vernal pools.

查询详情请联系 Dr. 拉蒙特.

操作清水

操作清水 monitors summer river water quality as indicated by the presence of microorganisms at a number of sites along the Severn, 马戈西河和西/罗德河. In addition, sites along Rock Creek, Back Creek and Spa Creek also are being monitored. Staff at the 环境中心 have participated in a program started 27 years ago by the Severn River Association to monitor the microbial water quality at bathing beaches and marinas throughout the local river watersheds. AACC教授Tammy Domanski博士.D., is scientific director of this program. Working with faculty, students collect water samples and help analyze them weekly or biweekly. 数据在24小时内发布.

查看Clearwater操作数据.

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马蹄蟹研究

虽然马蹄蟹(鲎波吕斐摩斯) has received considerable attention in Delaware Bay, very little is known about horseshoe crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. 过去的12年, Anne Arundel 社区 College has led a field study of the horseshoe crab at Cove Point Beach in Calvert County. Under the direction of Professor Paul Bushmann, Ph.D., students have participated in all aspects of the research. The work has included spawning numbers, 人口研究的标记, 分析用砂芯, chemical testing of beach sediments for H2S and construction of a beach profile. This continuing project has shown us shown us many interesting, novel aspects of Chesapeake horseshoe crab biology. It also has given many AACC students a chance to participate in field research.