RUI: Facilities Development at Shannon Point Marine Center in Support of Coastal/Estuarine Processes Research

西华盛顿大学设立了香农点海洋中心(SPMC)，作为海洋科学研究和教育新举措的中心。SPMC地理位置优越，提供直接进入各种海洋和河口生境的通道，包括受保护的湿地、大型植物、河口沼泽和岩石潮间带。SPMC的设施为常驻和来访的科学家提供了机会，以开展对当地河口过程的研究，如当地各种流域的生产力、营养循环和再生、微生物生态和底栖生物新陈代谢、炼油对环境的影响以及鱼类和无脊椎动物的生活史。该项目提供部分资金，用于翻新目前未得到充分利用的现有空间，将其用作分析实验室，以便在实地测量和实时实验室分析之间提供关键联系。该项目对于南太平洋海洋管理委员会侧重于对北部普吉特湾盆地海洋和河口系统的面向过程的研究及其满足来访科学家需求的持续努力至关重要。该实验室还将作为本科生研究和培训的核心设施。

Western Washington University has established the Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) as the focal point for new initiatives in research and education in marine science. SPMC is strategically located, providing direct access to a wide variety of marine and estuarine habitats, including protected wetlands, macrophytes, estuarine marshes, and rocky intertidal zones. The facilities of SPMC provide opportunities for resident and visiting scientists to implement research on local estuarine processes, such as productivity of various local watersheds, nutrient cycling and regeneration, microbial ecology, and benthic metabolism; on environmental impacts of petroleum refining; and on fish and invertebrate life histories. This project provides partial funding to renovate existing presently under-utilized space for use as an analytical laboratory to provide a critical link between field measurement and real time laboratory analysis. The project is essential to SPMC's developing focus on process-oriented research on marine and estuarine systems of the northern Puget Sound basin and its continuing effort to accommodate the needs of visiting scientists. The laboratory will also serve as a core facility for undergraduate research and training.