ICBR: Repurposing Infrastructure to Advance State of the Art Research Methods, Keys Marine Lab

ICBR：重新利用基础设施以推进最先进的研究方法，Keys 海洋实验室

• 批准号: 1929638
• 负责人: Cynthia Lewis
• 金额: $ 58.54万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1929638&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ICBR; Repurposing; Infrastructure; Advance; State

The Keys Marine Lab (KML) is a full-service laboratory supporting the mission of Florida's State University System (SUS) as part of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO). The mission of the SUS to achieve "excellence in teaching, research and public service" is reflected in the mission of KML which is to educate the marine scientists of tomorrow by providing on site and field research experiences and state of the art tools for teaching and for research. KML's location in the middle of the only living barrier reef in the continental US with subtropical and tropical ecosystems, attracts scientists, faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, from around the world. KML was designated, with FIO, as an Academic Infrastructure Support Organization (AISO) by the SUS Board of Governors in 2015. As such, the laboratory is mandated to provide the infrastructure, tools and expertise, needed to support academic programs and research, with an emphasis on field and comparative laboratory experiences. A well-based seawater system was constructed at KML in 2015 to provide experimental research capability for hind-cast and forecast predictions of water quality. This facility supports research on two coral species listed under the Endangered Species Act, staghorn and pillar coral. Demand for the use of this system has grown dramatically and the funds provided under this award will expand the capacity and improve the functionality of this critical system.The flow through system will be upgraded to provide the ability to manipulate water quality, including temperature, pH, pO2 and simultaneously provide real time bay to up to 62 tanks that range in size from 1 to 1100 gallons. Specific improvements are: 1) provide sea water at current salinity, temperature and oxygen saturation, that can be changed while simultaneously being able to provide water that is representative of current conditions to an additional 62 tanks already available via the Bay water system; 2) provide the ability to conduct mesocosm research with water representing past, present or future water quality conditions in an environment of varying depth equivalent to average coastal Florida Bay depth in the middle Keys; 3) to provide the new ability to conduct research using real time water quality with water of different quality from small scale, 1 gallon tanks to the mesocosm scale at approximate average depth of Florida Bay in the nearshore Middle Keys. These improvements will provide a mesocosm that can be used to simulate the near coastal waters of Florida Bay in the middle Keys where the laboratory is located. For more information about KML and this seawater system, visit their website at http://www.keysmarinelab.org/.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

钥匙海洋实验室（KML）是一个全方位服务的实验室，支持佛罗里达海洋研究所（FIO）的一部分，佛罗里达州立大学系统（SUS）的使命。单一系统的使命，以实现“卓越的教学，研究和公共服务”是反映在KML的使命，这是通过提供现场和实地研究经验和最先进的教学和研究工具的状态，教育未来的海洋科学家。KML位于美国大陆唯一一个拥有亚热带和热带生态系统的活堡礁中间，吸引了来自世界各地的科学家，教师，本科生和研究生。KML与FIO于2015年被SUS理事会指定为学术基础设施支持组织（AISO）。因此，该实验室的任务是提供基础设施，工具和专业知识，需要支持学术课程和研究，重点是实地和比较实验室的经验。KML于2015年建造了一个基于井的海水系统，为水质的后测和预测提供实验研究能力。该设施支持对《濒危物种法》所列的两种珊瑚物种-鹿角珊瑚和柱珊瑚-的研究。该系统的使用需求急剧增长，根据该合同提供的资金将扩大容量，并改善这一关键系统的功能。将对流经系统进行升级，以提供控制水质的能力，包括温度，pH值，pO 2，同时为多达62个尺寸从1到1100加仑的水箱提供真实的时间间隔。具体改进包括：1）提供当前盐度、温度和氧饱和度的海水，其可以改变，同时能够通过海湾水系统向已经可用的另外62个罐提供代表当前条件的水; 2）提供进行中尺度生态系统研究的能力，水代表过去，在相当于中礁群沿海佛罗里达湾平均深度的不同深度环境中，目前或未来的水质状况; 3）提供新的能力，利用真实的时间水质进行研究，水的质量不同，从小规模，1加仑的坦克到中型生态系统规模的近似平均深度的佛罗里达湾在近岸中键。这些改进将提供一个中型生态系统，可用于模拟实验室所在的中礁岛群佛罗里达湾的近海岸沃茨。有关KML和该海水系统的更多信息，请访问他们的网站http://www.keysmarinelab.org/.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。