FSML:Expansion and Enhancement of Analytical Facilities at the Shannon Point Marine Center

FSML：香农角海洋中心分析设施的扩建和增强

• 批准号: 9812342
• 负责人: Stephen Sulkin
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-01-01 至 2000-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9812342&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Expansion; Enhancement; Analytical; Facilities

Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center(SPMC) is strategically located in the northern Puget Sound basin, providingdirect access from the mainland to a wide variety of marine and estuarinehabitats that support a rich and diverse biota. The location and facilities providedistinctive opportunities for process-oriented research on productivity of coastalwatersheds and wetlands, nutrient cycling and regeneration, microbial ecology, andbenthic metabolism and on life history phenomena of local fish, invertebrate,and marine plant species. SPMC is actively involved in both undergraduate and Master's of Science academic programs including serving as a site for upper division courses and supporting extensive undergraduate and graduate research. Students come from both the home institution and from colleges and universities from around the country. Programs for undergraduates include Research Experiences for Undergraduates, the Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program and the Science Education and Research Undergraduate program. To promote research andTraining, SPMC has developed a database accessible to visitors and remote investigators. In cooperation with the nearby Padilla Bay National EstuarineResearch Reserve, SPMC has identified a number of model study sites that can supportlong-term research in the region, particularly with respect to seagrass communitiesthat are unusually extensive for west coast estuaries. In order to provide additionalfocus to investigations of these communities that can both provide the basis forproductive collaborative research and address local and regional managementconcerns, SPMC is developing an appropriate field and analytical facilities base.With the addition of two new research vessels SPMC is well-equipped to pursueon-site field investigations. Because of greatly increased research and trainingactivity in recent years, however, analytical laboratory space has become a severelylimiting factor. In order to pursue studies of geochemical and biochemicalprocesses and to accommodate the interests of visiting investigators, SPMCwill renovate and properly furnish existing laboratory space for use as anadditional analytical laboratory, thus doubling available space for this purpose.SPMC will also purchase new analytical and support instrumentation not presentlyavailable that will enhance the facilities capacity for research.

西华盛顿大学香农角海洋中心（SPMC）位于普吉湾盆地北方的战略位置，提供从大陆直接进入各种海洋和河口栖息地，支持丰富多样的生物群。 该中心的位置和设施为以下方面的过程导向研究提供了独特的机会：沿海流域和湿地的生产力、养分循环和再生、微生物生态学、底栖生物代谢以及当地鱼类、无脊椎动物和海洋植物物种的生活史现象。 SPMC积极参与本科和理学硕士的学术课程，包括作为上师课程的网站，并支持广泛的本科和研究生研究。 学生来自国内机构和来自全国各地的学院和大学。 本科生课程包括本科生研究经验，海洋科学本科少数民族课程和科学教育与研究本科课程。 为了促进研究和培训，SPMC开发了一个数据库，供访问者和远程调查人员使用。 SPMC与附近的帕迪利亚湾国家河口研究保护区合作，确定了一些可以支持该地区长期研究的示范研究地点，特别是关于西海岸河口异常广泛的海草群落。 为了提供额外的重点，这些社区的调查，既可以提供基础，为生产性的合作研究和解决当地和区域管理的关注，SPMC正在开发一个适当的领域和分析设施基地。随着两个新的研究船SPMC是装备精良，以追求现场实地调查。 然而，由于近年来研究和培训活动大大增加，分析实验室空间已成为一个严重的限制因素。 为了进行地球化学和生物化学过程的研究，并满足来访调查人员的需要，SPMC将对现有的实验室空间进行翻新和适当装修，作为一个额外的分析实验室，从而使可用空间增加一倍。SPMC还将购买新的分析和支持仪器，以提高设施的研究能力。