Greenhouse facility to support field ecology and evolution research and teaching at the Kellogg Biological Station

支持凯洛格生物站野外生态学和进化研究和教学的温室设施

• 批准号: 1034781
• 负责人: Katherine Gross
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 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: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1034781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greenhouse; facility; support; field; ecology

Michigan State University (MSU) is awarded a grant to construct a new greenhouse at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) to complement existing facilities at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility. The new greenhouse will enhance both educational and research opportunities at KBS. KBS combines access to diverse natural and managed habitats with modern laboratory and greenhouse facilities to provide an ideal site for research and educational activities in terrestrial and aquatic ecology. The existing greenhouse on the KBS main site is heavily used and has reached full capacity. The new facility will provide needed space for the increasing numbers of resident and visiting researchers requiring greenhouse access, along with a growing diversity and number of educational and outreach activities using this and other KBS facilities.The existing KBS greenhouse was built in the 1920's as part of the W.K. Kellogg summer estate and has been renovated and updated several times in the past 20 years with NSF and MSU funding to create 3600 square feet of research space. The existing greenhouse is currently located at the KBS main site, near the Academic-Stack research building, which allows for convenient access to laboratory facilities, but is distant from the heavily used field research areas at KBS, including the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility where the new greenhouse will be constructed. This facility currently includes the Plant Ecology Field Lab, the Experimental Pond Facility, a fenced common garden area (to exclude deer) that has the capacity to establish water and shade treatments, and open fields that can be used for experimental gardens and research plots. The construction of a new greenhouse at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility will allow KBS to continue to serve the needs of resident and visiting scientists, while enabling new research connections between terrestrial and aquatic ecologists. In addition, because of its proximity to existing field sites, the new greenhouse will facilitate studies requiring both greenhouse and field components. Finally, the combination of existing aquatic research facilities and the new greenhouse will provide an excellent arena for outreach and educational activities. KBS hosts tours that serve over 4,000 people annually; constructing a greenhouse facility to complete the Terrestrial-Aquatic Ecology Field Facility will provide a centralized location for tour groups to observe ongoing research in both terrestrial and aquatic systems. For more information please visit the KBS website at http://www.kbs.msu.edu/.

密歇根州立大学（MSU）获得一笔赠款，在W. K.建造一个新的温室。凯洛格生物站（KBS），以补充陆地-水生生态现场设施的现有设施。新的温室将增加KBS的教育和研究机会。 KBS将各种自然和管理栖息地与现代实验室和温室设施相结合，为陆地和水生生态学的研究和教育活动提供了理想的场所。KBS主场地上现有的温室被大量使用，并已达到满负荷。 新设施将为越来越多的居民和访问研究人员提供所需的空间，沿着，越来越多的教育和推广活动使用这个和其他KBS设施。现有的KBS温室建于20世纪20年代，是W.K.凯洛格夏季庄园，并已翻新和更新多次在过去20年与美国国家科学基金会和密歇根州立大学的资金，以创造3600平方英尺的研究空间。 现有的温室目前位于KBS的主场地，靠近Academic-Stack研究大楼，可以方便地进入实验室设施，但远离KBS频繁使用的实地研究区域，包括将建造新温室的陆地-水生生态实地设施。该设施目前包括植物生态学现场实验室，实验池塘设施，一个有围栏的公共花园区（排除鹿），有能力建立水和阴影处理，以及可用于实验花园和研究地块的开阔地。 在陆地-水生生态实地设施建造一个新的温室将使KBS能够继续满足驻地和访问科学家的需求，同时使陆地和水生生态学家之间建立新的研究联系。 此外，由于新温室靠近现有的田间地点，将有助于进行既需要温室又需要田间的研究。最后，现有的水生研究设施和新的温室相结合，将为推广和教育活动提供一个极好的竞技场。 KBS每年接待4 000多人的图尔斯旅游;建造一个温室设施以完成陆地-水生生态实地设施，将为旅游团提供一个集中地点，以观察正在进行的陆地和水生系统研究。欲了解更多信息，请访问KBS网站http://www.kbs.msu.edu/。