Equipment and Facilities for Research

Harlyn Halvorson博士是马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋生物实验室的主任。自1888年成立以来，MBL一直是重要的国际海洋研究中心。该实验室继续成为常驻和访问科学家进行多样化研究的活跃场所。Halvorson博士计划通过购买实验室仪器（两台离心机和实验室质谱仪的在线气相色谱仪燃烧系统）和一个气象和水文数据监测站，以及将现有的计算机网络扩展到几栋建筑，来提高实验室的研究能力。这些建议的改进将扩大实验室进行的研究范围，并将为访问科学家提供更多访问MBL校园和他们家乡机构的计算设施的机会。在质谱仪上增加气相色谱仪将大大减少精确测量同位素比率所需的样本量，从而增加了可以采样和分析的环境范围。这些项目将使海洋生物实验室继续为研究界提供卓越的服务。

Dr. Harlyn Halvorson is the Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. MBL has been an important international center for marine research since its founding in 1888. The Lab continues to be an active locus of diverse research by resident and visiting scientists. Dr. Halvorson plans to improve the research capabilities of the Lab by acquiring lab instruments (two centrifuges and an on-line gas chromatograph combustion system for the Lab's mass spectrometer) and a monitoring station for meteorological and hydrological data, and by extending the existing computer network to several buildings. These proposed improvements will expand the range of research conducted at the Lab, and will provide visiting scientists with much greater access to computing facilities on the MBL campus and at their home institutions. The addition of the gas chromatograph to the mass spectrometer will significantly reduce the sample volume needed for precise measurements of isotopic ratios, thereby increasing the range of environments that can be sampled and analyzed. These items will allow the Marine Biological Lab to continue its outstanding service to the research community.