Hatfield Marine Science Center Experimental Seawater Facility

俄勒冈州立大学哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心(HMSC)的http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu，获得了建造一个2256平方英尺的实验海水设施的赠款。该设施将通过更多地进入潮湿的实验室空间，显著扩大HMSC为教职员工、研究生和本科生进行跨学科、协作研究的能力--特别是在新兴研究领域，包括与气候变化和海洋酸化相关的领域。HMSC每天150万加仑的海水系统可靠地实现了近50年的教学和研究卓越，是俄亥俄州立大学和六个联邦和州机构共同位于HMSC校园的当前研究的关键组成部分。实验海水设施增加了关键的湿实验室研究空间，并实现了对实验室海水和光环境的实时监测和实验操作，从而提高了海水系统的即时价值和多功能性。该设施和相关仪器将提供：1)为本科生和研究生研究人员提供教学湿实验室空间，以支持当前计划和学术计划扩展；2)湿实验室研究空间，供俄亥俄州立大学教职员工、研究生和来访科学家进行短期研究；3)湿实验室研究空间，为教师、研究生和来访用户提供高风险或试点项目，这可能导致对新出现或关键问题的合作、跨学科研究；4)监测和操纵实验室海水环境参数进行实验的能力，补充现有的和计划中的河口监测，近岸和海洋条件。实验海水设施的多用途设计建立在几十年的研究和教学成功以及2006年NSF规划拨款的结果基础上。新的湿实验室空间的一部分将为本科生和研究生研究人员设计和配备，包括NSF资助的本科生实习生研究体验(REU)。实验室海水的实验监测和操纵将补充美国国家科学基金会资助的海洋观测倡议？S在纽波特海岸外的耐力阵列，该阵列将收集一系列空间和时间尺度的实时海洋数据。该设施还将使新的研究成为对NSF资助的几个海洋酸化研究项目的补充，海洋酸化是北太平洋的一个新兴研究领域。HMSC广泛的外展和教育计划通过hMSC访客中心为新出现的问题研究提供信息和激励更大的社区，hMSC访客中心也是一个自由选择的学习实验室和COSEE学习中心。

Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC), http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu, has been awarded a grant for the construction of a 2256 sq ft Experimental Seawater Facility. The facility will significantly expand HMSC's capacity for interdisciplinary, collaborative research for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students - especially in emerging areas of research including those related to climate change and ocean acidification - through increased access to wet lab space. HMSC's 1.5 million gallon per day seawater system has reliably enabled nearly 50 years of teaching and research excellence and is a critical component of current research by OSU and six federal and state agencies co-located on the HMSC campus. The Experimental Seawater Facility increases the immediate value and versatility of the seawater system by increasing key wet lab research space and enabling real-time monitoring and experimental manipulation of laboratory seawater and light environment. The facility and associated instrumentation will provide: 1) instructional wet lab space for undergraduate and graduate student researchers in support of current programs and academic program expansion 2) wet lab research space for short-term research by OSU faculty, graduate students and visiting scientists without other access to seawater labs 3) wet lab research space for high-risk or pilot projects for faculty, graduate students and visiting users which may lead to collaborative, interdisciplinary research on emerging or critical issues 4) the ability to monitor and manipulate environmental parameters of laboratory seawater for experimentation, complimenting existing and planned monitoring of estuarine, nearshore and oceanic conditions.The Experimental Seawater Facility's multi-purpose design builds on decades of research and teaching success and on the results of a 2006 NSF planning grant. A portion of the new wet lab space will be designed and equipped for undergraduate and graduate student researchers including NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) interns. Experimental monitoring and manipulation of laboratory seawater will complement the NSF-funded Ocean Observing Initiative?s (OOI) Endurance Array off the coast of Newport, which will collect real-time ocean data at a range of spatial and temporal scales. The facility will also enable new research complementing several NSF-funded research programs in ocean acidification, an emerging area of research in the North Pacific. HMSC's extensive outreach and education programs provide a vehicle for new research on emerging issues to inform and inspire the larger community through the HMSC Visitor Center, which through NSF funding also serves as a free-choice learning laboratory and as a COSEE Learning Center.