FSML: Computer Network Installation and Housing Renovation at Mountain Lake Biological Station

山湖生物站成立于1921年，是南部阿巴拉契亚山脉的内陆野外教学站。在过去的二十年中，研究计划已发展到种群生物学的重点是生态遗传学。目前正在进行的项目包括研究植物性传播疾病的遗传学和流行病学、juncos的行为和生理生态学、当地超种群的遗传结构、植物多态生活史的生态学和进化、蝾螈的生活史进化和物种相互作用、蕨类的生物系统学和进化遗传学、植物性别比偏差的进化、蝾螈的行为生态学和配偶选择。花栗鼠生物钟的适应性意义，寄生植物的进化，以及种子库的遗传结构。山湖可同时容纳100名学生、教师和研究人员。大部分生活区建于20世纪30年代末，除了1992年对管道、门廊和部分屋顶进行了翻新外，此后再没有翻修过。许多住宿都很破旧，存在健康和安全风险。该项目将支持车站上大多数旧小屋的翻新。16栋老旧建筑的门窗将更换含铅涂料和石棉；最大的5个学生宿舍将更换破损的内墙和电线；5个船舱将更换漏水的屋顶。另一个需要升级的主要领域是计算机和电信设施。研究人员和学生现在都需要当前的计算机和电话技术和设施来进行他们的工作。该项目将支持安装一个全面服务的服务器/客户端计算机和电话网络，为所有研究和教学实验室、行政办公室和计算机实验室提供文件和应用服务、全面的互联网接入和电话服务。

Mountain Lake Biological Station was founded in 1921 as an inland field station for and teaching in the Southern Appalachians. In the last twenty years the research program has developed a focus in population biology with an emphasis in ecological genetics. Projects currently being conducted include studies of the genetics and epidemiology of a sexually transmitted disease in a plant, the behavioral and physiological ecology of juncos, the genetic structure of a local metapopulation, ecology and evolution of polymorphic life history in a plant, life history evolution and species interactions in salamanders, biosystematics and evolutionary genetics of ferns evolution of plant sex ratio biases, behavioral ecology and mate choice in salamanders, adaptive significance of the biological clock in chipmunks, the evolution of parasitic plants, and the genetic structure of seedbanks.Mountain Lake houses up to 100 students, faculty and researchers at a time. Most of the living quarters were built in the late 1930s and aside from renovations of plumbing, porches and some roofs in 1992, they have not been renovated since. Many of the accommodations are run-down and pose health and safety risks. This project will support the renovation of most of the older cabins on the station. Windows and doors containing lead paint and asbestos will be replaced in 16 of the older buildings; crumbling interior walls and wiring will be replaced in 5 of the largest student dorms; leaking roofs will be replaced in 5 cabins.The other primary area to be upgraded is in computer and telecommunication facilities. Researchers and students alike now require current computer and telephone technology and facilities to conduct their work. This project will support the installation of a full-service server/client computer and telephone network to provide file and application serving, full Internet access and telephone service to all research and teaching labs, administrative offices, and the computer lab on the station.