A Facility for Research and Education at Wachapreague, Virginia

加勒比海海洋研究中心（CMRC）是六个国家海底研究中心之一。 CMRC在巴哈马埃克苏马礁的Lee Stocking岛（LSI）上的海洋野外站包括28座建筑物、一条915米的飞机跑道、9艘研究船、干湿潜水器、再压缩室和一个水下栖息地。 该站提供了一个原始的海洋环境与各种各样的热带栖息地，包括浅和深珊瑚礁，草床，沙滩，红树林，水下碳酸盐台地，海底洞穴，蓝洞，潮汐通道和叠层石，一个独特的生物地质特征。 1993年期间，131名访问科学家和学生进行了下列领域的研究：海底生态学、无脊椎动物生物学、渔业生态学、海洋学、珊瑚礁生态学、古海洋学、大型藻类生态学、水产养殖、全球气候变化、珊瑚漂白和海洋地质学。 此外，LSI还举办了数量有限的实地课程和讲习班。 然而，该空间站因访问科学家的住宿设施不足以及缺乏合适的演讲和研讨会设施而受到阻碍，这使得CMRC无法满足开展实地课程、研讨会和研究的众多请求。 CMRC、威廉玛丽学院（W M）和NSF之间拟议的伙伴关系将大大提高加勒比地区最具生产力的海洋现场站之一的效用。 具体而言，该项目将为LSI建造宿舍和演讲/车间大楼提供资金。 CMRC的主要贡献包括设施的财产、支持服务、协调活动的行政框架以及设施寿命期间的建筑物维护。

The Caribbean Marine Research Center (CMRC) is one of six National Undersea Research Centers. CMRC's marine field station on Lee Stocking Island (LSI) in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas comprises 28 buildings, a 915-meter airstrip, nine research vessels, wet and dry submersibles, and recompression chamber and an underwater habitat. The station affords access to a pristine marine environment with a diverse array of tropical habitats including shallow and deep coral reefs, grassbeds, sand flats, mangroves, submerged carbonate terraces, subsea caves, blue holes, tidal channels and stromatolites, a unique bio-geological feature. During 1993, 131 visiting scientists and students conducted research in the fields of benthic ecology, invertebrate biology, fisheries ecology, oceanography, coral reef ecology, paleo-oceanography, macroalgal ecology, aquaculture, global climate change, coral bleaching and marine geology. In addition, a limited number of field courses and workshops were held at LSI. However, the station is hindered by a paucity of accommodations for visiting scientists, and the lack of a suitable lecture and workshop facility, which prevents CMRC from meeting numerous requests to conduct field courses, workshops and research. The proposed partnership between CMRC, The College of William & Mary (W&M), and NSF would significantly enhanced the utility of one of the most productivity marine field stations in the Caribbean. Specifically this project will provide for the construction of a dormitory and lecture/workshop building at LSI. Key contributions by CMRC include property for the facility, support services, and administrative framework for coordination of activities, and maintenance of the building over the facility's lifetime.