Facility Improvements for the Seward Marine Center

苏厄德海洋中心的设施改进

• 批准号: 0934392
• 负责人: Daniel Oliver
• 金额: $ 4.94万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 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: 2009-09-15 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934392&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Facility; Improvements; Seward; Marine; Center

The University of Alaska - Fairbanks requests funding for upgrades to the seawater system. The seawater system would be upgraded to a dual line system to provide redundancy, and a straining system would be installed to control line clogs due to debris and marine organisms. An improved seawater system would provide a guaranteed uninterrupted flow to the Hood lab and the mooring shop. The Hood lab supports a variety of biological research which requires a constant flow of seawater to sustain live organisms .It is home to the Alliance for Coastal Technology (ACT) which uses the system to test underwater equipment. The endocrinology lab would also benefit from an upgraded seawater system as future studies with fish and invertebrates are being pursued. In recent years, the wet lab has housed studies on a variety of live animals including halibut, zooplankton, blue and red king crab, Tanner and snow crab, sablefish, abalone, decorated warbonnet, searcher, and eulachon. These studies have increased our knowledge of the basic biology and habits of these organisms, as well as tested materials and techniques to further their study in the open ocean. Broader Impacts: The lab has a consistent history of supporting graduate student research, with numerous students from around the country residing here and carrying out research in the labs served by the seawater system. In this regard the SMC operates as a national center of sorts, particularly as the home port for the Alaska regional research vessel, and is unique in both its location and service to the oceanographic community. Research and training productivity of the facility is solid, with the SMC serving as the home base for both students and faculty, and as a staging base for visiting scientists. The SMC also provides a unique outreach to native populations, despite being in a small and remote area. It has done an excellent job in fostering the NOSB competition by involving several high schools, and by hosting the national competition in 2008. It has met the challenge of its remote location (it is 500 miles from the main campus at Fairbanks) through the use of video conferencing classes. The SMC hosts visitors to the neighboring Alaska Sea Life Center and they also host the Alaska region National Ocean Science Bowl (a marine-oriented quiz competition for high school students). They recently hosted the national Ocean Science Bowl competition.

阿拉斯加大学-费尔班克斯分校要求拨款升级海水系统。海水系统将升级为双线系统，以提供冗余，并将安装一个过滤系统，以控制由于碎片和海洋生物造成的管路堵塞。一个改进的海水系统将提供一个保证不间断的流动到胡德实验室和系泊车间。胡德实验室支持各种生物研究，这些研究需要恒定的海水流量来维持活的生物体。它是海岸技术联盟（ACT）的所在地，该联盟使用该系统来测试水下设备。内分泌学实验室也将受益于升级的海水系统，因为未来的鱼类和无脊椎动物研究正在进行中。 近年来，湿实验室已经对各种活动物进行了研究，包括大比目鱼、浮游动物、蓝蟹和红蟹、坦纳蟹和雪蟹、黑鱼、鲍鱼、装饰的warbonnet、鲈鱼和eulachon。这些研究增加了我们对这些生物的基本生物学和习性的了解，并为在公海进一步研究这些生物提供了经过测试的材料和技术。 更广泛的影响： 该实验室有支持研究生研究的一贯历史，来自全国各地的许多学生居住在这里，并在海水系统服务的实验室进行研究。在这方面，SMC作为各种国家中心运作，特别是作为阿拉斯加区域研究船的母港，并且在其位置和对海洋学界的服务方面都是独一无二的。该设施的研究和培训生产力是坚实的，SMC作为学生和教师的基地，并作为访问科学家的中转基地。SMC还提供了一个独特的外展土著人口，尽管是在一个小而偏远的地区。它在促进NOSB竞争方面做得很好，涉及几所高中，并在2008年主办了全国竞争。它通过使用视频会议课程来应对其偏远位置的挑战（距离费尔班克斯的主校区500英里）。SMC接待游客到邻近的阿拉斯加海洋生物中心，他们还主办阿拉斯加地区国家海洋科学碗（高中生海洋为导向的问答比赛）。他们最近举办了国家海洋科学碗比赛。