Florida State University Marine Laboratory Facilities Enhancement

南希·马库斯博士是佛罗里达州立大学墨西哥湾海洋实验室的主任。马库斯博士计划通过安装一台用于应急备用电力的小型发电机、为实验室提供海水系统的翻新和扩建，以及更换研究船Nectes上的备用发电机，来提高实验室的总体研究能力。对海水系统的拟议改进将通过增加饲养和维护标本以及进行受控环境实验的设施来扩大实验室的研究能力。船载发电机是一项基本的安全功能，为灯光和仪器仪表提供后备电源。该实验室的备用发电机将保护研究人员免受电力故障的影响，这些故障可能会破坏受控环境室的实验，并摧毁需要循环水的生物。

Dr. Nancy Marcus is Director of the Florida State University Marine Laboratory on the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Marcus plans to improve the general research capabilities of the Lab by installing a small generator for emergency back-up electrical power, renovation and expansion of the seawater system that supplies the Lab, and replacement of the back-up generator aboard the Research Vessel Nectes. The proposed improvements to the seawater system will expand the Lab's research capacity by adding facilities for rearing and maintaining specimens, and for conducting controlled-environment experiments. The ship-board generator is an essential safety feature, providing back-up power for lights and instrumentation. The back-up generator at the Lab will protect investigators from power failures that can ruin experiments in controlled environment chambers and destroy living organisms that require circulating water.