The Addition of a Wet Laboratory at the Bull Shoals Field Station to Enhance Research and Teaching

公牛浅滩野外站(BSFS)，密苏里州州立大学的生物野外站，获得了一笔赠款，将一个石棚改造成一个小型潮湿的实验室。BSFS位于密苏里州西南部，位于奥扎克群岛的中心。这种独特的生态系统为陆地和水生生物的研究提供了许多机会，特别是在植物生态、水生生态和野生动物生态与管理领域。长期规划委员会建议，湿实验室是BSFS增加使用所需的最重要的设施。增加一个潮湿的实验室将为学生提供一个立即处理样品的地点，并使现场和实验室实验之间的距离更近，从而提高研究和培训的生产率。翻修将包括增加管道、电线和连接到太阳能系统、绝缘、新屋顶、新窗户和新门。密苏里州立大学的几个班级在实地考察站举行，包括生物和科学教育课程，其中包括本科生和研究生以及K-12教师。虽然BSFS是一个最近建立的空间站，没有实验室设施，但它也举办了五次会议，为学生、教师和专业人员举办了大量研讨会，并在过去五年中吸引了四名外部研究人员，因为丰富的生态环境和最近的设施更新。此外，BSFS工作人员积极参与区域水资源的水质监测，并通过BSFS网站将信息分发给当地组织。增设湿式实验室将为课程提供更多使用机会，增加来自大学内外的潜在用户，并加强目前对当地社区有用的水质研究。

The Bull Shoals Field Station (BSFS), the biological field station for Missouri State University, is awarded a grant to renovate a stone shed into a small wet laboratory. BSFS is located in southwest Missouri in the heart of the Ozarks. This unique ecosystem has provided many opportunities for terrestrial and aquatic research, especially in the fields of plant ecology, aquatic ecology, and wildlife ecology and management. The long-range planning committee recommended that a wet laboratory was the most important facility needed to increase use at BSFS. The addition of a wet laboratory will increase productivity in research and training for students by providing a location for immediate sample processing and close proximity between field and laboratory experiments. Renovations will include adding plumbing, electrical wiring and connection to the solar power system, insulation, new roof, new windows, and new door. Several Missouri State classes are held at the field station, including biology and science education courses, which include undergraduate and graduate students and K-12 teachers. Though BSFS is a recently-established station with no laboratory facilities, it also has hosted five conferences, numerous workshops for students, teachers, and professionals, and has attracted four outside researchers over the last five years because of the rich ecological setting and recent updates to facilities. In addition, BSFS staff is actively involved in water quality monitoring of area water resources and distributes the information to local organizations and through the BSFS website. The addition of a wet laboratory would provide more opportunities for course use, increase the pool of potential users from inside and outside the university, and enhance the current water quality research that is useful to the local community.