Expansion of a Seawater Facility for Marine Organisms at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc

该合同为百慕大生物研究站海水设施的扩建和改进提供部分支持。（BBSR）。 资金将用于建造一座新建筑，以容纳流动海水的水箱，并购买扩大海水系统容量所需的设备。 该项目将提高居民和访问学生和科学家参与研究计划和教育活动的能力，这些活动需要使用控制良好的高质量海水系统。 将从扩大的设施中受益的研究活动包括旨在评估人类对百慕大近海海洋生态系统的影响的方案;研究海洋浮游生物群落的生理生态学;研究马尾藻海生态系统对全球变化的反应;以及了解热带海洋生态系统在有机体、细胞和分子各级的功能。 其中将受益的教育活动是BBSR夏季课程，与罗得岛大学合作的秋季学期课程，与杜克大学合作的春季学期课程，BBSR的研究生实习计划，以及本科生开放海洋和亚热带海洋研究经验计划。

This award provides partial support for the expansion and improvement of the seawater facility at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. (BBSR). Funds will be used to construct a new building to house tanks with flowing seawater, and to purchase equipment needed to expand the capacity of the seawater system. The project will enhance the ability of resident and visiting students and scientists to engage in research programs and educational activities that require the use of a well-controlled, high-quality seawater system. Among the research activities that will benefit from the expanded facility are programs designed to: assess human impact on Bermuda's inshore marine ecosystem; study the physiological ecology of oceanic plankton communities; examine the response of the Sargasso Sea ecosystem to global change; and understand the function of tropical marine ecosystems at the organismal, cellular and molecular levels. Among the educational activities that will benefit are the BBSR summer courses, the fall semester courses run in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island, the spring semester program run in collaboration with Duke University, the BBSR's Graduate Intern Program, and the Open Ocean and Sub-Tropical Marine Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.