FSML: Research Space for the Marine Biological Laboratory's Marshview Field Station

海洋生物实验室(MBL)获得了一笔赠款，用于扩大其在波士顿北部普勒姆岛海湾附近的马什维尤野外站的设施。梅子岛地区的研究包括对周围流域以及河口地区和大片潮汐沼泽的研究。梅子岛沼泽被认为是新英格兰现存的最大、最重要的盐沼之一。除了支持主要的商业和娱乐鱼类和贝类渔业外，该地区还是世界著名的候鸟栖息地。该网站吸引了来自全国各地的研究人员，也是梅子岛生态系统长期生态研究网站的所在地。拟议的项目将在现有谷仓的基础上扩建，从而将现场实验室空间增加1,345平方英尺，是目前可用空间的三倍多，并提供符合ADA标准的空间。该项目将密封现有谷仓的外壳，使其严密耐候，并改善照明、管道和电力服务。这将允许研究人员使用谷仓进行干燥储存、冰箱和冰柜。这些改进还将为支持该地区自动化仪器的计算机提供全年供暖空间。服务器当前位于非现场加热空间中。该项目的完成将显著提高研究人员使用该网站的能力，使MBL能够继续扩大其研究基础，并通过将更多来自其他机构的科学家和学生纳入梅子岛的研究和教育，促进跨网站的比较。翻修工程还将极大地加强我们项目的教育和外展部分：1)让来自不同专业的本科生和研究生进行互动；2)提供足够的实验室空间，供大学班级在春季和秋季使用场地进行过夜实地考察；3)为我们的教育活动提供基本的实验室空间，包括K-12和高中教师培训；4)以无害环境的方式进行翻修，从而加强我们对公众的外展活动，重点是人类用水和污水处理在分水岭的影响。有关马什维尤野战站的更多信息，请访问http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/content/research-facilities.。

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is awarded a grant to expand its facilities at the Marshview Field Station near Plum Island Sound, north of Boston. Research in the Plum Island area includes research on the surrounding watersheds, as well as the estuarine areas and extensive tidal marshes. The Plum Island marshes are considered to be among the largest and most important salt marshes left in New England. In addition to supporting major commercial and recreational finfish and shellfish fisheries, the region is a world-renowned habitat for migratory birds. The site attracts researchers from all over the country and is home to the Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research site. The proposed project will build an addition onto an existing barn and thereby increase the field laboratory space by 1,345 ft2 more than tripling the space currently available, and also provide space that is ADA compliant. The project will seal the shell of the existing barn to make it weather tight and provide for improvements in the lighting, plumbing and the electrical service. This will allow researchers to use the barn for dry storage, refrigerators, and freezers. The improvements will also provide year-round heated space for the computers that support automated instrumentation in the area. The server is currently in unheated space off site. Completion of this project will significantly improve the ability of researchers to use the site, allow the MBL to continue to broaden its research base, and facilitate cross-site comparisons by incorporating more scientists and students from other institutions into research and education at Plum Island. The renovations will also greatly enhance the educational and outreach components of our program by: 1) allowing undergraduate and graduate students from different programs to interact; 2) providing laboratory space sufficient for University classes to use the site for overnight field trips during the spring and fall; 3) providing basic lab space for our educational activities, which include K-12 and high school teacher training, 4) renovating in an environmentally sound manner, thereby strengthening our outreach activities to the general public, which focus on the impacts of human water use and sewage disposal in the watershed. For more information about the Marshview Field Station, please visit http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/content/research-facilities.