Increasing Controlled Environmental Chamber Capabilities to Enhance Research Using Seawater System Facilities

提高受控环境室能力以加强利用海水系统设施的研究

• 批准号: 0533412
• 负责人: David Secor
• 金额: $ 8.91万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-15 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0533412&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Controlled; Environmental; Chamber; Capabilities

This award supports the acquisition of two controlled-temperature environmental chambers by the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL). The chambers will be used for research programs requiring the culture of marine organisms and for experimental studies of the benthic-pelagic coupling of marine nutrients and contaminants. The experimental research that characterizes much current research at marine laboratories includes biochemical/molecular and physiological/bioenergetic analyses that relate to the ecology of marine organisms. To enable such research, seawater systems at marine laboratories must have fine-scale control of seawater temperature. Many of the research programs carried out at the CBL in the fields of ecology, oceanography, ecotoxicology, and environmental chemistry/geochemistry depend on the high quality of temperature-controlled and filtered seawater. These additional chambers will greatly improve the CBL's ability to provide such facilities to resident scientists, visitors, and students. The CBL is involved in various outreach activities and K-gray education initiatives. Its visitor center hosts more than 10,000 visitors per year. Education has been integrated into the overall CBL operations. There are developed mechanisms for collaborating with K-12 education activities and outreach to the general public primarily through collaborations with other institutions in the region. In addition, the mission and mandate for CBL has provided for strong ties with regional management agencies, and much of the experimental research that is conducted has been in conjunction with those agencies.

该奖项支持切萨皮克生物实验室（CBL）收购两个温度受控的环境室。 这些培养室将用于需要培养海洋生物的研究方案，并用于海洋营养物和污染物在底栖-中上层相互作用的实验研究。实验研究是海洋实验室目前许多研究的特点，包括与海洋生物生态有关的生物化学/分子和生理学/生物能量分析。为了进行这种研究，海洋实验室的海水系统必须对海水温度进行精细控制。CBL在生态学、海洋学、生态毒理学和环境化学/地球化学领域开展的许多研究项目都依赖于高质量的温控和过滤海水。这些额外的会议室将大大提高CBL向常驻科学家、游客和学生提供此类设施的能力。 CBL参与各种外联活动和K-gray教育倡议。它的游客中心每年接待超过10，000名游客。 教育已被纳入CBL的整体业务。主要通过与该地区其他机构的合作，建立了与K-12教育活动和向公众宣传的合作机制。此外，CBL的使命和任务规定了与区域管理机构的密切联系，并且与这些机构一起进行了许多实验性研究。