Improvement of the Seawater System for the University of Guam Marine Laboratory

关岛大学海洋实验室海水系统改进

• 批准号: 9602530
• 负责人: Robert Richmond
• 金额: $ 17.44万
• 依托单位: University of Guam
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-15 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9602530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Seawater; System; University; Guam

The University of Guam Marine Laboratory will expand and upgrade the seawater system in support of the growing demand for space to support research by both resident faculty and students as well as visiting investigators. Prior facilities improvements have included an upgrade of the seawater pumps, installation of a redundant system that allowed for pump maintenance and repairs without interruption of seawater flow and the addition of a back-up generator with an automatic transfer switch which has enabled the system to run continuously during periods of power outrage. The dependability of the present seawater system will enhance experimentation and increase use of the laboratory facilities for manipulative experiments under controlled conditions, and for longer term growth and physiological studies. With the recent completion of a visitors housing facility there is also an increasing demand for the use of the water tables by visiting researchers. In order to ensure the facility can meet the research needs of both resident and visiting scientists, the University of Guam Marine Laboratory will expand and upgrade the present facilities. The specific improvements include the seawater intake, expansion of the outdoor enclosed space, addition of more seawater tables and tanks, and addition of a back-up well to allow continuous seawater availability during tropical storms and typhoons. The University of Guam Marine Laboratory supports the research of eight full-time faculty, numerous graduate and undergraduate students, as well as visiting investigators. The research demands on the facility have increased due to the addition of new faculty at the laboratory, the recent establishment of collaborative programs between the Marine Laboratory and the University of Hawaii and the University of the Ryukyus (Okinawa, Japan), and the awareness of the Marine Laboratory as a resource for coral reef research by over 550 scientists who attended the 7th International Coral Reef Symposium on Guam in June 1992. The improvements to the seawater system will allow the support of the increasing number of visiting scientists that wish to conduct research at the laboratory, which will in turn enhance the research environment.

关岛海洋实验室将扩大和升级海水系统，以支持对空间的不断增长的需求，以支持居民教师和学生以及来访的研究人员的研究。 先前的设施改进包括升级海水泵，安装冗余系统，该系统可以进行泵维护和维修，而无需中断海水流量，并添加了带有自动传输开关的备用发电机，这使该系统在电力暴力期间能够连续运行。 当前海水系统的可靠性将增强实验和增加实验室设施在受控条件下以及长期生长和生理研究下进行操作实验的使用。 随着访客住房设施的最近建成，通过访问研究人员，对使用水桌的需求也增加了。 为了确保该设施可以满足居民和来访科学家的研究需求，关岛海洋实验室将扩大和升级当前的设施。 具体的改进包括海水摄入量，室外封闭空间的扩展，增加更多的海水桌子和储罐，以及添加备用良好的良好，以允许在热带风暴和typhoons期间连续的海水供应。 关岛大学海洋实验室支持八个全职教职员工，众多研究生和本科生以及来访的调查人员的研究。 由于在实验室增加了新的教师，海洋实验室与夏威夷大学和鲁伊基大学（Japan，Japan，Japan，Japan）之间的合作计划，最近建立了对设施的研究需求增加，以及在550名统一的Coref Reef sompers的珊瑚reef研究中，这是对750名统一的Interver reef的资源的认识，这是对750名珊瑚reef的资源的认识。海水系统将允许越来越多的来访科学家支持在实验室进行研究，这反过来又可以增强研究环境。