A NITROX SCUBA Facility for the Bodega Marine Laboratory and Reserve

博德加海洋实验室（BML）是加州大学（UC）的一个研究单位，位于旧金山以北70英里的索诺玛海岸。自1966年以来，实验室为实验室建筑附近丰富的动植物群提供了独特的实地研究机会。BML拥有设备齐全的实验室，优秀的海水系统，强大的现场支持人员，以及戴维斯校区的坚定承诺，将继续为越来越多的驻地和访问研究人员提供所需的设施和支持。该实验室位于Bodega海洋保护区（BMR），这是一个占地362英亩的保护区，拥有多种海洋和陆地海岸栖息地。邻近的潮下区域受到保护，可以在博德加海洋生物保护区内进行研究。在BML，无脊椎动物、藻类和鱼类的潮下研究（种群生物学、生理生态学、生化和行为研究）正在迅速扩大。该项目将为现有潜水储物柜的扩建和富氧氧水肺设备的安装提供部分支持。硝基水肺作为科学水下作业的首选技术正在迅速发展。目前在BML的研究潜水是在身体要求苛刻的条件下使用空气水肺完成的。氮氧水肺功能将使每次潜水用于底栖生物研究的时间大约增加一倍，同时减少潜水员疲劳、氮麻醉和减压病的发生率。如果BML和访问研究人员要扩大在现场的底栖生物研究，利用该网站的独特方面，一个增强的潜水设施是至关重要的。

The Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML) is a research unit of the University of California (UC) located on the Sonoma coast 70 miles north of San Francisco. Since 1966 the Laboratory has provided unique opportunities for field research on a rich flora and fauna in close proximity to the Laboratory buildings. BML has well-equipped laboratories, an excellent seawater system, strong on-site support staff and a firm commitment from the Davis campus to continue developing the facilities and support needed by the growing number of resident and visiting researchers at the site. The Laboratory is located on the Bodega Marine Reserve (BMR), a 362-acre protected field site with a diverse set of marine and terrestrial coast habitats. Adjacent subtidal areas are protected and available for study within the Bodega Marine Life Refuge. Subtidal research on invertebrates, algae, and fish (population biology, physiological ecology, biochemical and behavioral studies) is expanding rapidly at BML. This project will supply partial support for expansion of the existing dive locker and installation of an Enriched Air Nitrox Scuba facility. Nitrox Scuba is quickly evolving as the technology of choice for scientific underwater operations. Current research diving at BML is accomplished using air Scuba under physically demanding conditions. Nitrox Scuba capability will approximately double the time available per dive for benthic studies, while reducing diver fatigue, nitrogen narcosis, and incidence of decompression sickness. An enhanced diving facility is vital if BML and visiting researchers are to expand in situ benthic research exploiting the unique aspects of the site.