Advancing the research capability of the Wrigley Institute

南加州大学获得资金，在菲利普K。箭牌海洋科学中心（WMSC），位于加利福尼亚州圣卡塔利纳岛的野外实验室，是箭牌环境研究所（威斯）的一部分。WMSC主要支持海洋领域的研究和教育，但最近的访客已经调查了水循环，大气化学，地质和地理，光化学，景观建筑，考古学和陆地生态学。考虑到气候变化的挑战、入侵物种造成的压力、自然资源的日益使用以及沿海系统的脆弱性，这些利益正在结合起来，以及时提供对水生和陆地系统的更综合的看法。 该奖项将支持温室的建设，以满足WMSC日益增长的研究需求，并填补环境研究能力的重要空白。 温室将有加热和冷却设施，在自然光照条件下为大多数温带和亚热带生态系统提供良好的气候控制。该结构将与海水和淡水垂直，因此可以容纳海洋围隔生态系统和植物系统实验。智力优势：南加州大学内外的研究人员都对陆地生态学，生物多样性和入侵物种主题表达了强烈的基本研究兴趣;陆海相互作用;从原始到城市的沿海系统的比较研究;以及可持续贝类水产养殖的科学基础。WMSC的温室将服务于海洋科学的现有优势，加速对植物基因组相互作用和入侵物种研究的日益增长的兴趣，并促进跨陆地-海洋鸿沟的合作，在一个引人注目的自然环境中。更广泛的影响：箭牌海洋科学中心为国内外的研究人员，博士后，研究生和本科生提供服务。 该研究所还拥有8名工作人员，致力于制定促进科学知识的计划，并向生活中各个阶段的教师和学习者传达科学经验。总的来说，在过去的五年里，这些教育和推广项目为WMSC带来了数千名学生、教育工作者和公众。 该威斯教师和教育工作者致力于研究和教育活动的整合，并在威斯温室为基础的科学活动纳入我们积极的教育和推广组合。有关箭牌环境研究所的更多信息，请访问：http://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/home/

The University of Southern California is awarded funding to build a research-oriented greenhouse at the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC), a field laboratory located on Santa Catalina Island, CA, and part of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES). The WMSC has supported research and education primarily in the marine realm but recent visitors have investigated water cycling, atmospheric chemistry, geology and geography, photochemistry, landscape architecture, archaeology, and terrestrial ecology. These interests are coalescing to provide more integrated view of aquatic and terrestrial systems that is timely given the challenges of climate change, the stresses imposed by invasive species and the increasing use of natural resources, and the vulnerabilities of coastal systems. This award will support construction of the greenhouse to serve the growing research needs of the WMSC and fill an important gap in environmental research capability. The greenhouse will have heating and cooling facilities to provide excellent climate control for most temperate and subtropical ecosystems under natural light conditions. The structure will be plumbed with seawater and freshwater so both marine mesocosm and plant system experiments can be accommodated. Intellectual Merit: Researchers both within and outside of USC have expressed strong fundamental research interests in terrestrial ecology, biodiversity, and invasive species themes; land-sea interactions; comparative studies of coastal systems from pristine-to-urban; and science underpinnings for sustainable shellfish aquaculture. A greenhouse at the WMSC will serve existing strengths in marine science, accelerate the growing interest in plant-genome interactions and invasive species research, and facilitate collaboration across the terrestrial-marine divide, in a compelling natural setting.Broader impacts: The Wrigley Marine Science Center serves researchers, post docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students both nationally and internationally. The Institute also has 8 staff dedicated to the development of programs that promote scientific knowledge, and convey the scientific experience, to teachers and learners at all stages in life. Collectively, these education and outreach programs have brought thousands of students, educators and the general public to the WMSC over the last five years. The WIES faculty and educators are committed to integration of research and education activities, and to incorporation of greenhouse-based science activities at WIES into our active education and outreach portfolio.For more information about the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies please go to: http://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/home/