RUI: Facilities Improvements and Scientific Equipment for the Research Laboratory of the Bowdoin Scientific Station

鲍登科学站(BSS)是一个生物野外站，位于芬迪湾的肯特岛。BSS包括超过125公顷的北方森林、老田野和沼泽。自1935年以来，该野外站促进了对陆地生态学的研究，导致3000多人使用该站，并发表了55篇以上的科学论文。BSS目前的研究项目包括长期的种群普查、行为生态学、配偶选择、鸟类的终生繁殖成功和发育生物学；集群繁殖鸟类的声音通信；以及食草动物放牧和雾媒污染物对森林动态的影响。由于其栖息地多样性、50年的气候和人口数据库以及最近在该站点启动的新的研究方向，BSS为陆地生物学的综合、多方面研究提供了一个极好的机会。该项目将为改进设施和科学仪器提供资金，以使野外空间站现代化，并加强所有空间站用户，特别是本科生的研究方案。包括三项一般性改进：1)研究实验室的电气化；2)设备的升级，包括微型计算机和带有环境传感器的数据记录器，用于现场数据输入和分析；3)实验室和宿舍的绝缘，以延长空间站的使用季节。

The Bowdoin Scientific Station (BSS) is a biological field station located on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy. BSS contains over 125 ha of boreal forest, old field, and marsh. Since 1935 the field station has fostered research in terrestrial ecology, resulting in usage of the station by over 3000 people and the publication of over 55 scientific papers. Current research programs at BSS include long-term population censuses, behavioral ecology, mate choice, lifetime reproductive success and developmental biology of birds; acoustic communication in colonially breeding birds; and the effects of herbivore grazing and fog-borne pollutants on forest dynamics. BSS offers an excellent opportunity for integrative, multi- faceted research in terrestrial biology because of its habitat diversity, 50-year data base on climate and populations, and recent initiation of new research directions at the site. This project will provide funds for improvements in facilities and scientific instrumentation to modernize the field station and enhance the research programs of all station users, especially undergraduates. Three general improvements are included: 1) electrification of the research laboratory; 2) upgrading of equipment, including a microcomputer and data loggers with environmental sensors for on-site data entry and analysis; 3) insulation of the laboratory and dormitories to extend the useful season of the station.