Facility for the Study of Fine Scale Variability in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Features at the Shannon Point Marine Center

香农角海洋中心物理、化学和生物海洋学特征精细尺度变异研究设施

• 批准号: 0829238
• 负责人: Stephen Sulkin
• 金额: $ 16.99万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829238&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Facility; Study; Fine; Scale; Variability

The Shannon Point Marine Center of Western Washington university is awarded a grant to purchase an instrument package consisting of 1) a water sampler/profiler suitable for continuous profiling of fine scale physical and chemical oceanographic variables, including depth, temperature, salinity, subsurface photosynthetically active radiation, dissolved oxygen, and in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence, and 2) a flow cytometer capable of powerful analysis of microbial communities associated with the physical and chemical phenomena measured in the field. Broader Impacts: The broader impacts are strong. Many undergrads are publishing, many have gone on to graduate school, and under-represented groups are engaged. The faculty at SPML and WWU have an excellent track record in the development of undergraduate research programs through a long term commitment to undergraduate teaching at the laboratory as well as undergraduate research through an REU and a minority serving undergraduate research program. The laboratory already has a strong data base from 9 stations in near by waters and a very well developed and useful website for visiting researchers and collaborators. Profiling CTD packages are the standard in oceanographic research and familiarity with these instruments and modes of data collection will be valuable for those seeking employment or further education in the field. Similarly, flow cytometry is a fundamental technology, not just for marine microbial ecology, but for immunology and other medical research and diagnostic fields.

西华盛顿大学香农角海洋中心获得一笔拨款，用于购买一个仪器包，包括1)一个水采样器/剖面仪，适用于连续分析精细尺度的物理和化学海洋变量，包括深度、温度、盐度、地下光合有效辐射、溶解氧和体内叶绿素a荧光；2)一台流式细胞仪，能够对与实地测量的物理和化学现象相关的微生物群落进行强大的分析。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响是强烈的。许多本科生从事出版工作，许多人继续读研究生，一些未被充分代表的群体也参与其中。通过长期致力于实验室的本科教学，以及通过REU和少数服务于本科研究项目的本科研究，SPML和WWU的教师在本科研究项目的发展方面有着出色的记录。该实验室已经拥有一个强大的数据库，来自附近水域的9个站点，以及一个非常发达和有用的网站，供访问研究人员和合作者使用。分析CTD套件是海洋学研究的标准，熟悉这些仪器和数据收集模式对于在该领域寻求就业或继续教育的人将是有价值的。同样，流式细胞术是一项基础技术，不仅适用于海洋微生物生态学，也适用于免疫学和其他医学研究和诊断领域。