Stream Laboratory at the Biological Station

位于道格拉斯的密歇根大学生物站 湖是其中最古老和最大的设施， 美国的 UMBS自2000年以来一直在持续运作， 1909年，该站的研究产生了2200多项科学成果， 发表论文220余篇。 保守估计 在美国工作的600名专业科学家 我在UMBS和几十个专业领域接受过培训 生物学家在那里进行研究。 尽管我们已经了解了很多关于它的结构和功能 在北方温带生态系统中， 由于缺乏一个能够 支持受控实验，尽管UMBS拥有几个 绵延数英里的原始河流海岸线 难以进行 研究鱼类和其他河流生物， 设施的流，以支持技术设备。 在 在过去的四年里，有19个博士学位-水平研究项目 和39个研究生研究项目， 得益于溪流实验室设施。 该项目将为新的物流提供部分资金 实验室，以促进一系列生态研究 与北方温带河流有关的问题。 这项研究的结果将帮助科学家更好地了解 河流生态系统如何运作以及如何保护它们。

The University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) on Douglas Lake is among the oldest and largest facilities of its kind in the United States. UMBS has been in continuous operation since 1909 with research at the station producing over 2200 scientific publications and over 220 theses. It is conservatively estimated that 600 professional scientists employed in the United States have received training at UMBS and dozens of professional field biologists conduct research there. Although much has been learned about the structure and function of northern temperate ecosystems, the study of streams at UMBS has been hampered by the lack of a stream laboratory capable of supporting controlled experiments, even though UMBS owns several miles of pristine stream shoreline. It is difficult to conduct research on fish and other stream organisms without a central facility by the stream to support technical equipment. In the past four years, there have been 19 Ph.D.-level research projects and 39 graduate student research projects that could have benefited from a stream laboratory facility. This project will provide partial funding for a new stream laboratory to facilitate research on a range of ecological questions that are relevant to northern temperate streams. Results of this research will help scientists better understand how stream ecosystems function and how they can be protected.