Enhancement of Field Stations in Bristol Bay

该奖项为两个偏远野外站的住房和码头建设提供支持，这两个野外站是华盛顿大学水产和渔业科学学院渔业研究所运营的一组站的一部分。这些监测站位于公园和保护区内或附近的两个几乎原始的湖泊系统上;它们的使用有助于提供关于鲑鱼产卵和饲养环境的承载能力以及鲑鱼与其他水生物种之间相互作用的信息。在过去的十年里，这些野外站的研究已经扩展到了红鲑鱼（Oncorhynchus nerka）的历史重点之外，包括一系列新的主题，包括鲑鱼尸体中海洋来源的营养物质循环到水生和陆地生态系统，行为和进化生态学，以及气候变化对水生生态系统的影响。 作为研究的一部分，保存了幼鱼和成鱼、浮游动物、浮游植物、温度和其他生物和环境变量的长期数据集，有些数据集保存了50多年。每年夏天为本科生开设一门实地强化课程，内容包括水生生态学的方法和原理，提供支助的目的是改善这些实地站的基础设施，以便扩大其教学和研究任务。这些资金将与华盛顿大学的资金一起支持在豪猪岛车站建造多功能实验室/教室/宿舍设施，以及在豪猪岛和Aleknagik车站建造新码头。 这些改进将使空间站能够容纳更多的来访科学家和学生，提供专门为教学设计的空间，并通过将实验室与宿舍分开来提高安全性。

This award provides support for construction of housing and docks at two remote field stations that are part of a group of stations operated by the Fisheries Research Institute of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. The stations are located on two nearly pristine lake systems within or adjacent to parks and preserves; their use has helped provide information on the carrying capacities of salmon spawning and rearing environments and interactions between salmon and other aquatic species. Research at these field stations has expanded in the last decade beyond the historical focus on sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) to include a range of new topics including cycling of marine-derived nutrients from salmon carcasses into aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, behavioral and evolutionary ecology, and effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems. As part of the research, long-term datasets have been maintained for juvenile and adult fishes, zooplankton, phytoplankton, temperature and other biological and environmental variables, some for over 50 years. An intensive field course for undergraduate students that covers the methods and principles of aquatic ecology is taught each summer.The support is intended to improve the infrastructure of these field stations so that their teaching and research missions can be expanded. In conjunction with funds from the University of Washington, the funds will support construction of a multipurpose laboratory/classroom/dormitory facility at the Porcupine Island station as well as new docks at both Porcupine Island and the Aleknagik station. These improvements will permit the stations to accommodate a larger number of visiting scientists and students, provide space specifically designed for teaching, and improve safety by separating laboratories from sleeping quarters.