Reassignment of the Research Vessel RIDGELY WARFIELD to the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies

该项目将为马里兰州大学提供支持， 环境和河口研究中心（UM-CEES） 翻新码头和岸基船舶支持设施. 位于马里兰州所罗门的切萨皮克生物实验室 研究船作业移交的准备工作 来自切萨皮克市约翰霍普金斯大学的里奇利·沃菲尔德 海湾研究所到UM-CEES。 约翰霍普金斯大学宣布关闭其 1991年12月，切萨皮克湾研究所。 R/V RIDGELY 沃菲尔德，一艘106英尺的浅吃水双体船，已经运行 由切萨皮克湾研究所，因为它是建立与国家 1967年获科学基金资助。 R/V的迁移 在切萨皮克生物实验室里的沃菲尔德， 所罗门群岛，马里兰州将提供一个新的，中湾，中央网站上 从西海岸开始进行科学考察。 CEES，大学的环境科学研究部门 马里兰系统，是一个多实验室机构， 国际公认的海洋学专业知识， 河口生态学 CEES和大学的其他机构 马里兰州系统的主要用户的里奇里沃菲尔德。 该项目的负责人是道格拉斯G博士。卡彭教授 切萨皮克生物实验室。 监督船舶作业 将是一个新成立的 切萨皮克区域海洋学联合会， 马里兰州大学环境与河口中心 研究，自然科学院本尼迪克特河口 研究实验室，汉普顿大学，旧自治领大学， 史密森学会，马里兰州东部大学 海岸、马里兰州系统大学和弗吉尼亚大学 海洋科学研究所。

This project will provide support to the University of Maryland, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies (UM-CEES) for renovation of docking and shore-based ship support facilities at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, MD in preparation for the transfer of operations of the research vessel RIDGELY WARFIELD from the Johns Hopkins University, Chesapeake Bay Institute to UM-CEES. The Johns Hopkins University has announced the closing of its Chesapeake Bay Institute in December 1991. The R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD, a 106 foot shallow draft catamaran, has been operated by the Chesapeake Bay Institute since it was built with National Science Foundation funds in 1967. The relocation of the R/V RIDGELY WARFIELD at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons Island, MD will provide a new, mid-Bay, central site on the western shore from which to launch scientific investigations. CEES, the environmental sciences research arm of the University of Maryland System, is a multi-laboratory institution with internationally recognized expertise in oceanography and estuarine ecology. CEES and other institutions of the University of Maryland System have been major users of the RIDGELY WARFIELD. The director of the project is Dr. Douglas G. Capone, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Oversight of ship operations will be the cooperative responsibility of a newly formed Chesapeake Region Oceanographic Consortium composed of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, the Academy of Natural Sciences Benedict Estuarine Research Laboratory, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, The Smithsonian Institution, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, The University of Maryland System, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.