Integrated Analytical Laboratory and Specialized Storage Renovation

综合分析实验室和专业储存改造

• 批准号: 1624820
• 负责人: Mark Borrelli
• 金额: $ 28.86万
• 依托单位: Center For Coastal Studies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1624820&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Analytical; Laboratory; Specialized; Storage

Over the last 40 years, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) on outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts has advanced understanding of marine and coastal ecosystems, including: the biology of endangered species; the impacts of pollution on productive embayments; the effects of sea level rise on coastal resources and development; and the impacts of a changing ecosystem on marine mammals and fisheries. This award provides funds to expand research capability through the creation of a new Integrated Analytical Laboratory to facilitate research and opportunities for collaboration. Facilities for sediment analysis will help scientists understand complex coastal processes and help to guide adaptation and coastal resiliency actions that coastal communities must make. Such research is vital in light of the fact that sea levels are rising more dramatically in the northeast Atlantic than almost anywhere else in the world. Data from long-term population biology and ecology studies provide an invaluable foundation for assessing climate change impacts over the past 30 years and projecting into the future. They are particularly essential for understanding the remaining population of the endangered North Atlantic right whales that feed and nurse their young along the heavily industrialized and developed shore of eastern Massachusetts.The improvements will more than triple the size of current laboratory space, and expand opportunities for collaboration with other scientific and academic institutions. The new laboratory will consist of facilities for water quality analysis, biological sample analysis and sediment analysis. Expanded laboratory capacity for water quality analysis will be essential in helping the region implement its EPA 208 Water Quality plan and remedy issues of nitrogen pollution in Cape Cod?s bays, inlets and harbors. The new laboratory facilities will also protect sensitive research archives generated by the Center?s multi-decade history of marine mammal research. The improved facilities will increase opportunities for graduate students, interns and apprentices, and enhance CCS?s unique ability and opportunity to interact with the public, thanks to its prominence in environmental education and outreach in a popular tourist destination. CCS?s STEM-based school programs, more than 100 annual public programs, public kiosk and Marine Discovery Center, and other outreach directly impacts nearly 20,000 people of all ages each year. The products of research will also help resource managers to better protect threatened and endangered environments and species. For more information about the Center for Coastal Studies, please visit the website at: http://coastalstudies.org/.

在过去40年中，马萨诸塞州外科德角海岸研究中心增进了对海洋和沿海生态系统的了解，包括：濒危物种的生物学;污染对生产性海湾的影响;海平面上升对沿海资源和发展的影响;以及不断变化的生态系统对海洋哺乳动物和渔业的影响。该奖项提供资金，通过建立一个新的综合分析实验室来扩大研究能力，以促进研究和合作机会。沉积物分析设施将帮助科学家了解复杂的沿海过程，并帮助指导沿海社区必须采取的适应和沿海复原力行动。鉴于大西洋东北部的海平面上升幅度比世界上几乎任何其他地方都要大，这样的研究至关重要。来自长期种群生物学和生态学研究的数据为评估过去30年的气候变化影响和预测未来提供了宝贵的基础。它们对于了解濒危的北大西洋露脊鲸的剩余种群尤其重要，这些露脊鲸沿着马萨诸塞州东部高度工业化和发达的海岸喂养和护理它们的幼崽。这些改进将使目前的实验室空间扩大两倍以上，并扩大与其他科学和学术机构合作的机会。新实验室将包括水质分析、生物样品分析和沉积物分析设施。扩大实验室的水质分析能力将是必不可少的，以帮助该地区实施其环保局208水质计划和补救问题的氮污染在科德角？海湾、水湾和港口。新的实验室设施还将保护中心产生的敏感研究档案。海洋哺乳动物研究的几十年历史。改善后的设施将增加研究生、实习生和学徒的机会，并加强CCS？由于其在环境教育和在一个受欢迎的旅游目的地的推广方面的突出地位，该中心具有与公众互动的独特能力和机会。CCS？STEM学校项目、100多个年度公共项目、公共信息亭和海洋探索中心以及其他外展活动每年直接影响近20，000名各年龄段的人。研究成果还将帮助资源管理人员更好地保护受威胁和濒危的环境和物种。有关海岸研究中心的更多信息，请访问网站：http://coastalstudies.org/。