FSML: The Need for Facility Infrastructure Improvements at the Cornell University Biological Field Station

该奖项为康奈尔生物野外站（CBFS）现有宿舍设施的翻新和扩建提供部分支持。CBFS位于奥奈达湖生态系统中;在该站进行的研究为世界上最长的连续淡水北温带湖泊数据集之一做出了贡献。该站使科学家和学生的研究兴趣从湖沼学到生物地球化学，渔业生态学到政策。在过去十年中，对CBFS设施（包括住房）的使用需求有所增加，2003年至2005年期间达到高峰。这一需求的增加与该站新的水生实验研究设施的建成有关。新改建的宿舍将1）取代1956年转换为学生宿舍的季节性住房单元，2）导致季节性和全年住房容量的净收益，3）提供残疾人无障碍住宿，以及4）满足车站当前和预期的未来住房需求。CBFS为水生生态学，渔业和湖沼学的研究生提供了一个培训场所，通过发现和实践经验促进本科生和高中生的学习，并传播科学发现，以提高公众对环境的认识和理解。对生态系统的长期研究，如CBFS教师和学生进行的研究，对于提高我们对生态破坏动态和影响这些动态的机制的理解至关重要，包括人类活动和自然变化的影响。

This award provides partial support for renovation and expansion of an existing dormitory facility at the Cornell Biological Field Station (CBFS). The CBFS is located in the Oneida Lake ecosystem; studies conducted at the station have contributed to one of the longest continuous freshwater north-temperate lake data sets in the world. The station enables the research of scientists and students with interests ranging from limnology to bio-geochemistry to fishery ecology to policy. Demand for use of CBFS facilities, including housing accommodations, has increased over the last decade, with peak usage between 2003 and 2005. This increased demand has occurred in association with completion of the station's new aquatic experimental research facility. The newly remodeled dormitory would 1) replace a seasonal housing unit converted to student housing in 1956, 2) result in a net gain in both seasonal and year-round housing capacity, 3) provide handicapped accessible accommodations, and 4) meet both current and anticipated future housing needs of the station. The CBFS provides a training ground for graduate students in aquatic ecology, fisheries, and limnology, promotes learning through discovery and hands-on experiences for undergraduate and high school students, and disseminates scientific findings to enhance public awareness and understanding of the environment. Long-term studies of ecological ecosystems, such as those conducted by CBFS faculty and students are vital to improving our understanding of the dynamics of ecological disruptions and of the mechanisms that influence these dynamics, including the impacts of human activities and of natural variability.