Equipment to Support Undergraduate Instruction in Riverine Ecology.

最近的一些发展使得该机构非常希望发展其能力，将福克斯河作为一个方便的户外实验室，用于课程作业和独立的学生研究。其中包括批准开设一个新的环境科学专业，加强生物科学教师对水生研究的重视，改善福克斯河的水质和生物多样性，以及传统的陆地和小型水生场所相对难以进入。（虽然在获得部分由这笔赠款提供的设备之前，可以进行有限的岸基采样，但由于缺乏适合大型河流生境的采样设备，阻碍了对河流的彻底利用。）获得多功能的新型船载水生采样系统，该系统具有电捕鱼和在大型水生栖息地进行标准湖泊测量的能力，有效地消除了这一障碍，为该项目的本科生提供了基于现场的实验室体验。

A number of recent developments make it highly desirable for this institution to develop its capability to exploit the Fox River as a convenient outdoor laboratory for coursework and independent student research. Included among these are the approval of a new Environmental Science major, increased emphasis on aquatic research by faculty in the Biological Sciences, improvement in water quality and biotic diversity in the Fox River, and the relative inaccessibility of traditional terrestrial and small aquatic sites. (Although limited shore-based sampling was possible before the acquisition of the equipment provided in part through this grant, a lack of sampling gear appropriate for large riverine habitats prevented thorough use of the river.) Acquisition of a versatile new boat-contained aquatic sampling system with capabilities for electrofishing and for making standard limnological measurements in large aquatic habitats effectively removes that barrier, making possible sound field-based laboratory experiences for undergraduates in this program.