FSML-Upgrading the Small Boat and Diving Facilities at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

该项目将资助莫斯兰丁海洋实验室（MLML）的小船和潜水项目的改进。缅因州风格的龙虾船将被改造成用于教学和研究的船。改造将包括：安装一个“A”型框架，绞车和电线，以及用于发射和回收科学采样设备的液压系统（例如拖网，底栖动物雪橇，浮游生物网，底栖动物抓取器，覆盖物，CTD的相机雪橇，侧面扫描声纳鱼等）一个观景台将安装在驾驶室上方，需要移动并安装雷达和天线到一个新的更高的桅杆上。在驾驶室后面将建一个舱壁。将购买一艘小船，并配备舷外板、转向联动装置和电子设备。将购买SCUBA空气压缩机以替换一台使用了23年的压缩机。莫斯兰丁海洋实验室是美国最活跃的海洋科学教育和研究机构之一。在任何时候，大约100名海洋科学硕士项目的研究生中，大约80人将使用小船进行课堂项目、课堂实地考察或硕士学位的研究项目。在MLML，小船不仅可以让学生获得大量的实地经验，而且许多人在处理小船和相关采样设备方面得到了培训和经验。1993年，美国水下科学学院（AAUS）的一项调查报告称，MLML拥有美国第三大最活跃的科学潜水项目。MLML的潜水设备用于课程（海洋科学潜水和潮下生态学）和许多硕士研究项目。MLML的小船和潜水项目的更换和升级将极大地改善MLML的本科和研究生教育和海洋科学研究的设施和设备。小船将用于近海和河口课程活动、访问教师的研究以及邻近研究人员的使用。潜水程序的改进将有利于需要潜水的课程和研究，以及使用MLML设施的访问研究人员。

This project will underwrite improvements in the small boat and diving programs at Moss Landing MarineLaboratories (MLML). A Maine-style lobster vessel will be converted into a vessel used for teaching andresearch. The conversion will include: installation of an "A" frame, winch and wire, and hydraulics forlaunching and recovering scientific sampling gear (e.g. trawls, benthic sleds,plankton nets, benthic grabs, corers, CTD's camera sleds,side scan sonar fishes, etc.) An observation deck will be installed above the wheel house, requiring moving and installing the radar and antennas onto a new higher mast. A bulkhead would be constructed aft of the wheel house. One small boat will be purchased and outfitted with outboards, steering linkage, and electronics. SCUBA air compressor will be purchased to replace a 23 year old compressor.Moss Landing Marine Laboratories operates one of the most active educational and research facilities formarine sciences in the U.S. Of the approximately 100 graduates students in the marine science Master's program at any time, about 80 will use the small boats for class projects, class field trips, or research projects for their for their Master's degree. Not only does the accessibility of small boats at MLML allowstudents a great deal of field experience, many become trained and experienced with handling small boats and related sampling equipment. In 1993, a survey by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)reported MLML had the third most active scientific dive program in the U.S. The dive equipment at MLML isused for classes (Marine Science Diving and Subtidal Ecology)and for many of the Master's research projects.The replacements and upgrades in the small boats and diving programs at MLML will greatly improve the facilities and equipment for undergraduate and graduate education and research in marine science at MLML.Small boats will be used for offshore and estuarine course activities, research by visiting faculty, and use by neighboring researchers. Improvements in the diving program would benefit the courses and researchresearch that require diving and visiting researchers that use the MLML facilities.