FSML: Ecosystems Research Equipment for the Marine Biological Laboratory

海洋生物实验室(MBL)将购买实验室和现场设备，这些设备将使常驻和来访的科学家以及教育计划受益，主要是在生态系统研究领域。该项目涉及：1)为现有的质谱仪实验室购买最先进的样品燃烧系统，该系统将能够快速、相对便宜但精确地测定生物样品上的碳和氮稳定同位素比率，作为一种分析平衡能力，以支持提高测定的准确性；以及2)一艘新的小型考察船，以支持陆地边缘和海洋实地研究。这些对MBL生态系统中心能力的基本增强将提供生态系统研究方面的计划，并将为未来十年MBL计划的研究和教育挑战做准备。

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) will acquire laboratory and field equipment that will benefit resident and visiting scientists and the educational program, primarily in the area of ecosystems research. This project addresses:1) the acquisition of a state-of-the-art sample combustion system for the existing mass spectrometer laboratory that will allow rapid and relatively inexpensive, yet precise, determination of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios on biological samples as an analytical balance capability to support the enhanced accuracy of determination; and 2) a new small research boat to support land-margins and marine field research. These basic enhancements to the capabilities of the MBL's Ecosystems Center will provide for programs in ecosystems research, and will prepare for the research and educational challenges that are planned at the MBL in the coming decade.