Flax Pond Laboratory: Enhancement of Seawater System

这项建议寻求支持加强石溪大学亚麻塘海洋实验室的研究和研究培训设施，包括大幅度改善海水供应/分配系统。具体改进包括：更换进水管/泵；加强进水海水处理/过滤能力；提高控制海水温度的能力；以及修复湿地，以改善海水系统和地面排水系统的排水。此外，这些资金将用于开发实验室的微藻养殖区，以支持鱼类和贝类实验培养的维护需求，并用于饲料研究，这些生物体的饮食和营养生理学。FPL的研究重点是沿海海洋生物的生物学，特别是贝类和Finish。主要是对大型底栖动物，特别是商业开发的双壳软体动物的生理生态和水产养殖的研究，以及对鱼类生殖、行为和生理生物学与进化之间的相互作用的研究。其他研究涉及大型藻类的生态/生理、稳定燃烧废物在海洋环境中的化学行为、可生物降解塑料在海洋环境中的降解程度和速度，以及氯代烃污染物对海洋浮游植物群落的影响。这些将在第一太平戴维斯研究所进行的研究/研究培训中仍然重要。拟议中的设施将有利于此类研究，并将使该设施对其他领域的工作人员更具吸引力，例如USB海洋科学研究中心(MSRC)的生物地球化学家。

This proposal seeks support for the enhancement of research and research training facilities at the Flax Pond Marine Laboratory (FPL) of the University of Stony Brook (USB), including substantial improvements to the seawater supply/distribution system. Specific improvements include: replacement of intake lines/pumps; enhancement of incoming seawater treatment/filtering capabilities; improvement in ability to control temperature of seawater; and rehab of wetlabs to improve drainage of seawater system and floor drain system. In addition, these funds will enable development of an area of the Lab for microalgal culture to support the maintenance requirements of experimental cultures of finish and shellfish and for use in research ont he feeding, dietary and nutritional physiology of these organisms. Research at FPL has emphasized the biology of coastal marine organisms, particularly shellfish and finish. Predominant have been studies of the physiological ecology and aquaculture of benthic macrofauna, particularly commercially exploited bivalve molluscs, and examinations of the interactions between reproductive, behavioral, and physiological biology int eh evolution of fishes. Additional research has dealt with the ecology/physiology of macroalgae, the chemical behavior of stabilized combustion wastes in the marine environment, the extent and rate of degradation of biodegradable plastics int eh marine environment, and the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants on marine phytoplankton communities. These will remain important in research/research training conducted at FPL. The proposed will benefit such studies and will also make the facility more attractive to workers in other fields, such as biogeochemists at USB's Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC).