Renovation and Expansion of Seawater Facilities for Experimental Marine Research at Mote Marine Laboratory

在Robert Hueter博士的指导下，向Mote海洋实验室提供了一笔赠款，用于为佛罗里达萨拉索塔的Mote海洋实验室（MML）的实验性海洋研究和教育提供部分支助，以翻新和扩大海水设施。 需要作出的改进包括：大幅度增加水储存和臭氧消毒能力;改进海水机械过滤设施;大型动物收容槽，以便在受控条件下收容更多、更大的健康状况良好的实验动物;多功能水路由系统，以便灵活地使用设施的模块化;以及设施围栏，以便能够操纵和控制环境条件。 其中主要增加的将是两个新的椭圆形坦克，16.5米x8.5米x2米和12.2米x6.1米x2米，用于容纳大型动物，如鲨鱼，射线，大型硬骨鱼和海龟进行圈养研究。 这个翻新的海水设施的研究应用将包括大型板鳃类的生理和行为研究，现场部署前的仪器测试，以及培养中的生物毒素和无脊椎动物的研究。本科生和研究生的教育和培训也将利用新设施进行学生项目。 这些改造将大大提高系统的整体可靠性，质量和多功能性，为在MML进行海洋生物实验研究的访问科学家，学生和工作人员提供适当的海水设施。

A grant has been awarded to the Mote Marine Laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Robert Hueter to provide partial support to renovate and expand seawater facilities for experimental marine research and education at Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) in Sarasota, Florida. Improvements to be made include: significant increases in water storage and ozone sterilization capabilities; improved facilities for mechanical filtration of seawater; large animal holding tanks to hold more and larger experimental animals in good health under controlled conditions; a versatile water routing system to allow for flexibility in modular use of the facility; and a facilities enclosure to permit manipulation and control of environmental conditions. Among major additions will be two new oval tanks, 16.5 m x 8.5 m x 2 m and 12.2 m x 6.1 m x 2 m, for holding large animals such as sharks, rays, large teleosts and sea turtles for captive study. Research applications of this renovated seawater facility will include physiological and behavioral studies of large elasmobranchs, instrumentation testing prior to field deployment, and studies of biotoxins and invertebrates in culture. Education and training of undergraduate and graduate students will also utilize the new facilities for student projects. These alterations will significantly enhance the overall reliability, quality, and versatility of the system, necessary improvements to provide the proper seawater facilities to visiting scientists, students and staff conducting experimental research on marine organisms at MML.