ARFMP: Modernization of the University of Guam Marine Laboratory

学术研究设施现代化计划（ARFMP） 研究设施办公室的一项奖励为 关岛大学翻新和维修 关岛大学海洋实验室， 科学研究和研究培训活动， 这是该地区唯一的美国海洋实验室设施。 这 大楼建于1970年，最近一次翻修是在1975年。 的 130，795美元的ARFMP赠款将用于使这些研究现代化 和研究培训设施，位于一个苛刻的， 腐蚀性的热带海洋自然环境， 异常大量的维护和维修， 设施 该项目将解决改善 通过增加和替换现有的研究基础设施 实验室柜台，提供实验室空间， 显微摄影和微生物学以及船的能力 储存，并消除水的波动问题， 温度和盐度以及藻类污染 桌子和水族馆区。 该奖项有助于科学的基础设施， 为开展研究提供更好的环境， 培养本科生和硕士生。 关岛海洋实验室在国家的 由于其地理位置和特定的科学基础， 它所代表的专业知识。 它提供研究 生活在美国的太平洋岛民的机会- 密克罗尼西亚的附属岛屿，事实上，在夏威夷之外， 这是数千英里之外唯一的设施 在那里，当地人可以获得本科和研究生学位 经验和进行研究，涉及当地的海洋 环境.

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to the University of Guam for the renovation and repair of the University of Guam Marine Laboratory which houses marine sciences research and research training activities and is the only U.S. marine laboratory facility in the region. This building was constructed in 1970 and last renovated in 1975. The ARFMP grant of $130,795 will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities which are located in a harsh and corrosive tropical marine natural environment that necessitates an unusually large amount of maintenance and repair of facilities. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by adding and replacing laboratory counters, providing a laboratory space for photomicrography and microbiology and a capacity for boat storage, and eliminating the problems of fluctuations in water temperature and salinity and algal fouling of the outside water table and aquarium area. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research and for the training of undergraduate and master's degree students. The Guam Marine Laboratory plays a unique role in the nation's scientific base due to its geographical location and the specific research expertise that it represents. It provides research opportunities for native Pacific Islanders living on the U.S.- affiliated islands of Micronesia, and indeed, outside of Hawaii, which is many thousands of miles away, it is the only facility where local people can obtain undergraduate and graduate degree experience and conduct research involving the local marine environments.