Cold Ocean Sciences

冷海洋科学

• 批准号: 326846-2006
• 负责人: Fleming, Ian
• 金额: $ 20.33万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Major Facilities Access Grants
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=365255
• 关键词: Cold; Ocean; Sciences

The Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC) is a university-affiliated, major facility for marine research on the open Atlantic coast at Logy Bay, Newfoundland. The location of the OSC provides resident and visiting scientists and students with access to the flora and fauna of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and is uniquely suited within Canada for shore-based studies of cold ocean processes and sub-arctic and arctic organisms. The facility provides all the necessary elements to conduct first-rate marine science, including high quality seawater, equipment to collect and maintain aquatic organisms, boats and vehicles to access field sites, laboratory space with running seawater, analytical instruments, and support staff.    The OSC is a unit of the Faculty of Science, Memorial University, with 13 research faculty (including active emeriti), 61 graduate students, 8 Post-doctoral Fellows, 19 grant supported research assistants/technicians and 25 core support staff. Over the past three years, use by scientists and students from Canada and abroad has increased by 40% to a total of over 100 external major and minor users. In addition, there are several private sector partners who utilise this major facility to tackle problems in cold ocean aquaculture. The primary research programs of our users are oceanography and marine ecology, aquaculture and fisheries, and the underlying physiological, biochemical and behavioural processes of marine organisms. Funds requested here will provide support for staff and meet some of the maintenance costs of common-use equipment and space, so that the OSC continues to be accessible to internal and external users and remains a global centre of cold ocean marine research. The support staff will have expertise in areas of common-use demand, including analytical chemistry and biochemistry, marine molecular biology, oceanography and field services, computing technology, delivery of salt and fresh water, and animal husbandry and health.

海洋科学中心（Ocean Sciences Centre，OSC）是一所大学附属的大型海洋研究机构，位于纽芬兰的洛吉湾（Logy Bay）。OSC的位置为常驻和访问科学家和学生提供了接触大西洋西北部植物群和动物群的机会，是加拿大境内唯一适合于基于海岸的冷海洋过程和亚北极和北极生物研究的地方。该设施提供了进行一流海洋科学的所有必要要素，包括高质量的海水、收集和维持水生生物的设备、进入现场的船只和车辆、流动海水的实验室空间、分析仪器和支助人员。 OSC是纪念大学理学院的一个单位，拥有13名研究人员（包括活跃的emeriti），61名研究生，8名博士后研究员，19名赠款支持的研究助理/技术人员和25名核心支持人员。在过去的三年里，来自加拿大和国外的科学家和学生的使用增加了40%，共有100多个外部主要和次要用户。此外，还有几个私营部门的合作伙伴利用这一主要设施来解决冷海洋水产养殖的问题。我们的用户的主要研究项目是海洋学和海洋生态学，水产养殖和渔业，以及海洋生物的基本生理，生化和行为过程。这里要求的资金将用于支助工作人员，并支付共用设备和场地的一些维护费用，以便内部和外部用户能够继续使用该中心，并使其继续成为全球冷洋海洋研究中心。支助人员将具备共同需求领域的专门知识，包括分析化学和生物化学、海洋分子生物学、海洋学和外勤事务、计算机技术、盐和淡水的供应以及畜牧业和保健。