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） （http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu）已获得一笔拨款，用于建设一个2256平方英尺的实验海水设施。该设施将通过增加潮湿的实验室空间，显著扩大HMSC为教师、研究生和本科生进行跨学科合作研究的能力，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研究领域。HMSC每天150万加仑的海水系统为近50年的教学和研究提供了可靠的支持，是俄勒冈州立大学和位于HMSC校区的六个联邦和州机构当前研究的关键组成部分。实验海水设施通过增加关键的湿实验室研究空间和实现实验室海水和光环境的实时监测和实验操作，增加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，以支持当前的项目和学术项目的扩展2)为俄勒冈州立大学的教师、研究生和访问科学家提供短期研究的湿实验室空间，而没有其他途径进入海水实验室3)为教师、研究生和访问用户提供高风险或试点项目的湿实验室研究空间，这些项目可能导致合作。对新兴或关键问题的跨学科研究4)监测和操纵实验室海水的环境参数进行实验的能力，补充现有和计划的河口，近岸和海洋条件监测。实验海水设施的多用途设计建立在数十年的研究和教学成功的基础上，并基于2006年国家科学基金会规划拨款的结果。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装备，包括nsf资助的本科生研究经验（REU）实习生。实验室海水的实验监测和操作将补充nsf资助的海洋观测倡议？该系统将在纽波特海岸附近的5艘（OOI）耐力阵列上收集各种空间和时间尺度的实时海洋数据。该设施还将使新的研究能够补充几个由美国国家科学基金会资助的海洋酸化研究项目，这是北太平洋的一个新兴研究领域。HMSC广泛的推广和教育项目为新兴问题的新研究提供了一个工具，通过HMSC游客中心通知和激励更大的社区，该中心通过国家科学基金会的资助也作为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.