FSML Laboratory and Field Mesocosms for Ocean Acidification Research

FSML 海洋酸化研究实验室和现场中生态系统

• 批准号: 0829486
• 负责人: Kenneth Sebens
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829486&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Laboratory; Field; Mesocosms; Ocean

The University of Washington is awarded a grant to build a new facility at Friday Harbor Laboratories (http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/)for experimental study of ocean acidification and its influence on temperate marine organisms and ecosystems. The proposed facility will include in-water mesocosms for large-scale experimental manipulations, laboratory aquarium systems, and an analytical laboratory for essential carbon parameters to support experimentation. The facility will serve as a national center for the study of ocean acidification in temperate environments, allowing investigators and students from across the country (and international collaborators) to test the response of marine organisms to changes in pH and carbonate saturation in an environmentally-relevant setting. The facility will catalyze significant new collaborations in research and teaching focused on the interactions between biogeochemistry and near-shore temperate ecosystems in a changing ocean. Ocean acidification is of strong national and international interest. The European Community has just approved a new 5-year program of research on ocean acidification, and the U.S. agencies have made this a priority for new research funding. FHL is located in an area that is likely to be among the first and hardest hit by acidification impacts, with implications for commercial fisheries. This will be one of a few sheltered sites with oceanic waters that could host such a capability, and the only one at a U.S. institution. This U.S. mesocosm facility will enable research that links individual organism responses to full ecosystem responses and impact assessments for fisheries. The proposed facility will contribute directly to FHL's undergraduate research apprenticeship program, graduate student research and graduate research courses. The project also includes a K-12 component, with outreach to regional schools at all levels, including a new NSF GK-12 Program beginning summer 2008. Finally, this facility will contribute to the activities of citizen-driven marine resource committees organized in seven Washington counties surrounding the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait, and Admiralty Inlet to the Canadian border.

华盛顿大学获得一笔赠款，在星期五港实验室（http：//depts.washington.edu/fhl/）建立一个新的设施，用于海洋酸化及其对温带海洋生物和生态系统的影响的实验研究。拟议的设施将包括用于大规模实验操作的水中中型生态系统、实验室水族箱系统和一个用于支持实验的基本碳参数分析实验室。该设施将作为温带环境中海洋酸化研究的国家中心，允许来自全国各地的研究人员和学生（以及国际合作者）测试海洋生物对pH值和碳酸盐饱和度变化的反应。该设施将促进研究和教学方面的重大新合作，重点是在不断变化的海洋中地球化学与近岸温带生态系统之间的相互作用。海洋酸化引起了国家和国际的强烈兴趣。欧洲共同体刚刚批准了一项新的海洋酸化研究五年计划，美国机构已将其作为新研究资金的优先事项。FHL位于一个可能是受酸化影响最早和最严重的地区之一，对商业渔业产生影响。这将是少数几个拥有海洋沃茨的庇护场所之一，也是美国机构中唯一的一个。 这个美国的中生态系统设施将使研究能够将个体生物的反应与渔业的全面生态系统反应和影响评估联系起来。拟议的设施将直接有助于FHL的本科研究学徒计划，研究生研究和研究生研究课程。该项目还包括一个K-12组成部分，与各级地区学校的外联，包括一个新的NSF GK-12计划开始于2008年夏天。最后，这一设施将有助于在胡安·德富卡海峡、格鲁吉亚海峡和加拿大边境的海军部湾周围的七个华盛顿县组织的由公民推动的海洋资源委员会的活动。