Affiliated with the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL, http://mel.xmu.edu.cn), the Dongshan Swire Marine Station of Xiamen University (D-SMART) is located in the Donggu Village, Xipu Town, Dongshan Island, 173 km from the Siming Campus of Xiamen University, measuring approximately 14.43 acres.
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With financial assistance from the Swire Group Charitable Trust and local support from Dongshan County Government, the phase I of D-SMART Project was completed in May 2017. Upon completion, D-SMART will serve for long-term time-series observations and offer the setting to study marine ecology and test instrumentation, for monitoring and understanding responses of the marine ecosystem to both climate change and anthropogenic activities.
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Mission:
l To strengthen in situ ocean observation capacity and to establish a multidisciplinary observation network for the atmospheric science, physical oceanography, biogeochemistry and marine biology, and to monitor and understand responses of the marine ecosystem to both climate change and anthropogenic activities;
l To establish an experimental facility for marine biology, ecology and biogeochemistry studies and for marine observation instrumentation development;
l To establish education platforms for undergraduate and graduate students and to develop outreach programs for the general public;
l To collaborate with national and international sister marine stations on science and education;
l To transform technology and serve the local economy, developing into an important marine technology transformation base in western portion of the Taiwan Strait.
Partnership:
D-SMART is seeking for collaborations with any individuals and groups bearing with common interests. The partnership has been established with the following institutions.
l The Swire Institute of Marine Science, the University of Hong Kong
l The Coastal Sustainability Institute, Northeastern University
l Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
l State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power & Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University
l Zhongtian Technology Marine Systems Co., Ltd.
l Xiamen Standards Instrumentation Company
Join us:
l Establish institutional collaboration with D-SMART or become our sister station;
l Bring your students to D-SMART for short-term exchanges or field courses;
l Design and carry out collaborative research D-SMART through the MEL Visiting Fellowship, Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellowship, Undergraduate Research Fellowship or other programs.
Contact us:
Website: http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/dsmart
Email: dsmart@xmu.edu.cn
Phone: (86) 0596- 5862892 / (86) 0592-2880198
Address: Su Feng Mt. Road, Dongshan County, Fujian Province, China