Replacement of New College Marine Biology Facilities

新学院，南佛罗里达大学荣誉学院，是ARI资金的接受者，用于取代日益恶化的海洋生物研究空间9,778平方英尺(911平方米)。该项目是对自然科学设施进行全面加强的一部分。自1960年新学院成立以来，对海洋生物的独立研究一直是生物学教职员工和学生追求的学术活动的重要组成部分。海洋设施反映了海洋生物学在与萨拉索塔湾接壤的一所大学的使命中发挥的核心作用。目前，研究区域、海水系统和现场设备分散在距离海湾一段距离的五栋建筑中。该设施的建成将通过以下方式提高研究活动的生产力：增加项目数量；研究更广泛的海洋生物和生态系统的可能性；以及更好地控制环境变量，以维持和调查各种生物。新设施还将对进入生物科学专业的应届大学毕业生人数产生重大影响，不仅在传统海洋生物学领域，而且在行为和社区生态学、种群遗传学、生殖与保护生物学和神经科学领域。

New College, the Honors College of the University of South Florida, is the recipient of ARI funds to replace 9,778 square feet (911 square meters) of deteriorating marine biological research space. This project is part of a general enhancement of the natural science facilities. Since the inception of New College in 1960, independent research studies on marine organisms have been an important part of the scholastic activities pursued by biology faculty and students. The marine facility reflects the central role that marine biology plays in the mission of a college that borders Sarasota Bay. Currently, research areas, seawater systems, and field equipment are scattered across five building some distance away from the bay. Completion of the facility will increase productivity of research activities by permitting: increased number of projects; possibilities for studying a wider range of marine organisms and ecosystems; and better control of environmental variables for maintaining and investigating a variety of organisms. The new facility will also have a significant impact on the number of New College graduates entering the professional biological science pipeline, not only in traditional marine biology, but also in the areas of behavior and community ecology, population genetics, reproductive and conservation biology and neuroscience.