Construction of a Filtered Seawater System at the Baruch Field Station

该项目将通过建造过滤系统来支持现有海水系统的升级，这将是驻地和访问调查人员在巴鲁克海洋实地实验室进行重要新研究的能力的重大进步。随着1989年被飓风雨果摧毁的设施的重建工作现已完成，实验室空间和辅助设备的可用导致了用户流量的增加和新开始的强烈精神。从景观水平的生态学到细胞生物学的各种研究项目在BMFL得到了支持，新的教员同事已经确定了研究河口系统结构和功能方面的新方向和新方法。重建的设施包括一个海水输送系统，但资金不足以包括任何过滤。目前的研究受到现有未过滤系统中高泥沙和浮游生物负荷的限制。在该设施进行的许多研究需要未经过滤的原水，目前系统的精心设计，部分由NSF资助，在过去两年里提供了不间断的服务。如果还提供高质量的过滤海水，可以在该设施进行相同或更多数量的研究。研究生和访问研究人员的更多机会无疑将在未来几年增加对BMFL设施的使用。该项目将允许在新的巴鲁克海洋现场实验室购买、安装、操作和维护一个大容量的海水过滤系统。

This project will support an upgrade of the existing seawater system by constructing a filtration system which will constitute a major advancement in the ability of resident and visiting investigators to conduct important new research at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory (BMFL). With the reconstruction of facilities destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 now complete, the availability of laboratory space and supporting equipment has resulted in increases in user traffic and a strong spirit of a new beginning. A diverse program of research which ranges from landscape level ecology to cellular biology is supported at the BMFL and new faculty associates have identified new directions and approaches to studying the structural and functional aspects of estuarine systems. Reconstruction of facilities included a seawater delivery system, however, funds were not sufficient to include any filtration. Current research is limited by high sediment and plankton loads in the existing, unfiltered system. Many studies conducted at the facility require unfiltered raw water and the careful design of the current system, partially funded by NSF, has provided uninterrupted service for the past two years. An equal or greater number of studies could be carried out at the facility if high quality filtered seawater were also available. The enhanced opportunities for graduate student and visiting researchers would undoubtedly increase use of the BMFL facility in the years ahead. This project will allow the purchase installation operation and maintenance of a large volume, seawater filtration system at the new Baruch Marine Field Laboratory.