Research Vessel for Flathead Lake Biological Station

建立了平头湖生物站（FLBS） 1896年，他开始从事野外科学的研究和教育。 位于美国西部最大的淡水湖上， 美国（阿拉斯加州以外），FLBS有一个全年的研究 强调湖沼学和溪流生态学的课程。 一个国家- 最先进的淡水研究实验室提供了 在很大程度上， 蒙大拿州西北部的原始环境。 研究 平头湖已经导致了一个十年的数据库， 电脑化 最近在模拟建模方面的努力有助于确定 未来五年在FLBS的优先研究课题， 包括调查悬浮沉积物/微生物 磷循环中的关系， 营养物负荷加速、河流和湖泊水位的影响 对初级生产力的调节，以及湖泊营养的变化 最近引进的一种外来的 节肢动物进入湖中。 这些研究需要获得 一艘相当大的、装备齐全的研究船。 的 目前在车站可用的最大船只是一艘16英尺长的 研究船，由于安全考虑，只能是 在平静的天气里使用。 该项目将提供资金购买一个26英尺， 柴油动力研究船和船上设备。 这些资金将得到45 000美元的新设备， 蒙大拿大学。

The Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS) was established in 1896 for research and education in the field sciences. Located on the largest freshwater lake in the western United States (outside of Alaska), FLBS has a year-round research program emphasizing limnology and stream ecology. A state-of- the-art freshwater research laboratory provides the instrumental basis for a varied aquatic research program in the largely pristine environments of northwestern Montana. Research on Flathead Lake has led to a ten-year data base that is fully computerized. Recent efforts in simulation modeling have helped identify priority research topics at FLBS for the next five years, including investigations of suspended sediment/microbial relationships in phosphorus cycling, ecosystem-level effects of accelerated nutrient loading, effects of stream- and lake-level regulation on primary productivity, and changes in lake trophic relationships caused by the recent introduction of an exotic arthropod into the lake. These studies require acquisition of a reasonably large and fully instrumented research vessel. The largest vessel currently available at the station is a 16-foot research boat which, due to safety considerations, can only be used during calm weather. This project will provide funds for the purchase of a 26 ft, diesel-powered research vessel and for shipboard equipment. These funds will be matched by $45,000 in new equipment by the University of Montana.