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（FPL）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：更换进气管道/泵；加强输入海水的处理/过滤能力；提高海水温度控制能力；修复湿室，改善海水系统和地漏系统的排水。此外，这些资金将使实验室能够发展一个微藻培养区域，以支持育肥肉和贝类实验培养的维持需求，并用于饲养研究。这些生物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，特别是贝类和鱼类。主要研究底栖动物的生理生态学和水产养殖，特别是商业开发的双壳类软体动物，以及鱼类进化中生殖、行为和生理生物学之间的相互作用。其他研究涉及大型藻类的生态学/生理学、海洋环境中稳定燃烧废物的化学行为、海洋环境中可生物降解塑料的降解程度和速度、氯化烃污染物对海洋浮游植物群落的影响。这些在FPL进行的研究/研究培训中仍然很重要。该提议将有利于此类研究，也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).