RUI: Facilities Development at Shannon Point Marine Center in Support of Coastal/Estuarine Processes Research

西华盛顿大学建立了香农点 海洋中心（SPMC）作为新举措的协调中心， 海洋科学的研究和教育。 SPMC在战略上 位于，提供直接访问各种海洋和 河口生境，包括受保护的湿地，水生植物， 河口沼泽和岩石潮间带。 的设施 SPMC为常驻和访问科学家提供机会 开展当地河口过程的研究，如 各种当地流域的生产力、养分循环和 再生、微生物生态学和底栖生物代谢; 石油炼制对环境的影响;以及对鱼类和 无脊椎动物的生活史 该项目提供部分资金，以改造现有的 目前未充分利用的空间，用作分析 实验室提供实地测量之间的关键联系 和真实的实时实验室分析。 该项目是必不可少的， SPMC的发展重点是面向过程的海洋研究 北方普吉湾盆地及其河口系统 继续努力满足来访者的需要 科学家 该实验室还将作为一个核心设施， 本科生研究和培训。

Western Washington University has established the Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) as the focal point for new initiatives in research and education in marine science. SPMC is strategically located, providing direct access to a wide variety of marine and estuarine habitats, including protected wetlands, macrophytes, estuarine marshes, and rocky intertidal zones. The facilities of SPMC provide opportunities for resident and visiting scientists to implement research on local estuarine processes, such as productivity of various local watersheds, nutrient cycling and regeneration, microbial ecology, and benthic metabolism; on environmental impacts of petroleum refining; and on fish and invertebrate life histories. This project provides partial funding to renovate existing presently under-utilized space for use as an analytical laboratory to provide a critical link between field measurement and real time laboratory analysis. The project is essential to SPMC's developing focus on process-oriented research on marine and estuarine systems of the northern Puget Sound basin and its continuing effort to accommodate the needs of visiting scientists. The laboratory will also serve as a core facility for undergraduate research and training.