Sustaining Coastal Experimentation and Observing Systems in Support of Marine Ecosystem and Climate Science

维持沿海实验和观测系统以支持海洋生态系统和气候科学

• 批准号: 0963414
• 负责人: Thomas Miller
• 金额: $ 170.26万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963414&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustaining; Coastal; Experimentation; Observing; Systems

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Research (CBLR) Pier is an essential research facility that serves as a platform for instrumentation, equipment, and experimental mesocosms that test hypotheses and gather data required for models to inform ecosystem-based management decisions in the heavily used and presently compromised Chesapeake Bay. In recent years, the pier sustained significant structural damage that has resulted in closing it to research and educational activities. This project repairs storm damage to the pier and its seawater supply system. Repairs involve extensive replacement of the support structure and decking, replacing the pumping station, and securing seawater intake lines to the pier to protect them from future storm threats. These renovations allow the pier, which is presently closed to research and education activities, to be re-opened. The renovated platform will then be able to once again house microcosms and mesocosms for in-situ process studies that range from studies of predator-prey dynamics to fishery recruitment; to climate change; to ocean acidification; to the ecophysiology of fish, crabs, and sea grass; and to studies of eutrophication and mercury speciation in aquatic food webs. Broader impacts of the repair and reopening of the CBLR Pier include increased use for sensor testing and development as well as building infrastructure for science. The renovations will provide jobs in the Chesapeake Bay area and improved, safe areas where faculty, university students, K-12 teachers and students, and the general public can experience the integration of research and education through programs that provide extensive hands-on public outreach pertaining to Chesapeake Bay conservation and climate change. It is a place where the public gets to interact with scientists and participate in the collection of scientific data.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。切萨皮克生物实验室研究(CBLR)码头是一个重要的研究设施，作为仪器、设备和实验中观系统的平台，测试假设并收集模型所需的数据，以便为切萨皮克湾频繁使用和目前受到影响的基于生态系统的管理决策提供信息。近年来，该码头遭受了严重的结构破坏，导致其关闭，不能进行研究和教育活动。该项目修复了暴风雨对码头及其海水供应系统的破坏。维修包括广泛更换支撑结构和甲板，更换泵站，并固定通往码头的海水进水口管道，以保护它们免受未来风暴的威胁。这些翻新工程使目前对研究和教育活动关闭的码头得以重新开放。翻新后的平台将能够再次容纳微观世界和中微观世界，用于现场过程研究，范围从捕食者-猎物动力学研究到渔业补充、气候变化、海洋酸化、鱼、蟹和海草的生态生理学，以及水生食物网中富营养化和汞形态的研究。修复和重新开放CBLR码头的更广泛影响包括更多地用于传感器测试和开发，以及为科学建设基础设施。翻修将在切萨皮克湾地区和改善后的安全区域提供就业机会，在那里，教职员工、大学生、K-12教师和学生以及普通公众可以通过提供与切萨皮克湾保护和气候变化有关的广泛亲身实践的公共宣传项目，体验研究和教育的整合。这是一个公众可以与科学家互动并参与科学数据收集的地方。