Reassignment of the Research Vessel RIDGELY WARFIELD to the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies

该项目将为马里兰大学环境与河口研究中心（UM-CEES）提供支持，以翻新位于马里兰州所罗门的切萨皮克生物实验室的码头和岸基船舶支持设施，为从约翰霍普金斯大学转移研究船RIDGELY WARFIELD的操作做准备。切萨皮克湾研究所到密歇根大学。约翰霍普金斯大学宣布于1991年12月关闭其切萨皮克湾研究所。R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD号是一艘106英尺的浅吃水双体船，自1967年在美国国家科学基金会的资助下建造以来，一直由切萨皮克湾研究所运营。位于马里兰州所罗门岛切萨皮克生物实验室的R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD的搬迁将在西海岸提供一个新的，海湾中部的中心地点，从这里开始科学调查。CEES是马里兰大学系统的环境科学研究机构，是一个多实验室机构，在海洋学和河口生态学方面拥有国际公认的专业知识。CEES和马里兰大学系统的其他机构一直是RIDGELY WARFIELD的主要用户。这个项目的负责人是切萨皮克生物实验室的教授Douglas G. Capone博士。船舶作业的监督将由新成立的切萨皮克地区海洋学联盟负责，该联盟由马里兰大学环境与河口研究中心、自然科学院本尼迪克特河口研究实验室、汉普顿大学、老道明大学、史密森学会、马里兰大学东岸分校、马里兰大学系统分校和弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所。

This project will provide support to the University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies (UM-CEES) for renovation of docking and shore-based ship support facilities at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, MD in preparation for the transfer of operations of the research vessel RIDGELY WARFIELD from the Johns Hopkins University, Chesapeake Bay Institute to UM-CEES. The Johns Hopkins University has announced the closing of its Chesapeake Bay Institute in December 1991. The R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD, a 106 foot shallow draft catamaran, has been operated by the Chesapeake Bay Institute since it was built with National Science Foundation funds in 1967. The relocation of the R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons Island, MD will provide a new, mid-Bay, central site on the western shore from which to launch scientific investigations. CEES, the environmental sciences research arm of the University of Maryland System, is a multi-laboratory institution with internationally recognized expertise in oceanography and estuarine ecology. CEES and other institutions of the University of Maryland System have been major users of the RIDGELY WARFIELD. The director of the project is Dr. Douglas G. Capone, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Oversight of ship operations will be the cooperative responsibility of a newly formed Chesapeake Region Oceanographic Consortium composed of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, the Academy of Natural Sciences Benedict Estuarine Research Laboratory, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, The Smithsonian Institution, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, The University of Maryland System, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.