FSML: Renovations and Improvements to the KBS Experimental Pond Facility

FSML：KBS 实验池塘设施的翻新和改进

• 批准号: 9907740
• 负责人: Gary Mittelbach
• 金额: $ 13.12万
• 依托单位: Michigan State 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: 1999-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9907740&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Renovations; Improvements; KBS; Experimental

Improvements to the experimental pond facility at the Kellogg Biological Station will enhance research opportunities for visiting and resident scientists and students. Nine of the 18 experimental ponds at the pond facility will be renovated by removing nutrient-rich sediments and old plastic liners, and replacing them with new 20 mil PVC liners covered by a nutrient-poor sand/clay substrate. Currently, these nine ponds are eutrophic and macrophyte choked, and are unsuitable for most experimental studies (the other nine ponds were successfully renovated in 1987). The pond renovations would allow the pond facility to operate with 18 fully-functional ponds to meet the increasing demands of visiting and resident researchers.Renovations to the existing laboratory at the pond site, the construction of a new seasonal-use building, the installation of a new well for the pond laboratory and mesocosm array, and the installation of a computer connection to the KBS network, will facilitate research and teaching at the pond site and at nearby lakes, streams, and wetlands. These improvements are designed to accommodate increased use of the experimental pond facility by visiting scientists working on a variety of aquatic systems.

凯洛格生物站实验池塘设施的改进将增加来访和常驻科学家和学生的研究机会。池塘设施中的18个实验池塘中的9个将进行翻新，方法是移除营养丰富的沉积物和旧塑料衬垫，代之以新的2000万吨PVC衬垫，上面覆盖着营养不良的沙子/粘土基材。目前，这9个池塘属于富营养化和水生植物堵塞的池塘，不适合进行大多数实验研究(其他9个池塘已于1987年成功翻新)。池塘改造将允许池塘设施与18个功能齐全的池塘一起运行，以满足访问和常驻研究人员日益增长的需求。对池塘场地现有实验室进行翻新，建造一座新的季节性使用的建筑，为池塘实验室和中观阵列安装一口新井，并安装与KBS网络的计算机连接，这将促进池塘场地和附近湖泊、溪流和湿地的研究和教学。这些改进是为了适应来访的科学家在各种水上系统工作时对实验池塘设施的更多使用。