Flax Pond Laboratory: Enhancement of Seawater System

这项建议寻求支持， 加强研究和研究培训 Flax Pond Marine Laboratory（FPL） 斯托尼布鲁克大学（USB），包括 海水水质的显著改善 供应/分配系统。具体改进 包括：更换进水管/水泵; 增加海水入流 处理/过滤能力; 控制海水温度的能力;以及 修复湿实验室以改善海水排放 系统和地漏系统。 另外这些 资金将使实验室的一个领域的发展， 用于微藻培养，以支持 完成实验文化的要求， 贝类和用于饲养研究， 饮食和营养生理学 有机体 FPL的研究强调了 沿海海洋生物，特别是贝类 然后结束 占主导地位的是对 底栖生物生理生态与水产养殖 大型动物，特别是商业性开发的大型动物 双壳类软体动物，以及 生殖、行为和 鱼类进化中的生理生物学 更多的研究涉及 生态学/生理学的大型藻类，化学 稳定燃烧废物的行为 海洋环境， 海洋生物降解塑料的降解 环境和氯化的影响 碳氢化合物污染物对海洋浮游植物的影响 社区. 这些将继续重要， 在FPL进行的研究/研究培训。 的 这将有助于这些研究，并将 使设施对工人更具吸引力， 其他领域，如USB的生物化学家 海洋科学研究中心（MSRC）。

This proposal seeks support for the enhancement of research and research training facilities at the Flax Pond Marine Laboratory (FPL) of the University of Stony Brook (USB), including substantial improvements to the seawater supply/distribution system. Specific improvements include: replacement of intake lines/pumps; enhancement of incoming seawater treatment/filtering capabilities; improvement in ability to control temperature of seawater; and rehab of wetlabs to improve drainage of seawater system and floor drain system. In addition, these funds will enable development of an area of the Lab for microalgal culture to support the maintenance requirements of experimental cultures of finish and shellfish and for use in research ont he feeding, dietary and nutritional physiology of these organisms. Research at FPL has emphasized the biology of coastal marine organisms, particularly shellfish and finish. Predominant have been studies of the physiological ecology and aquaculture of benthic macrofauna, particularly commercially exploited bivalve molluscs, and examinations of the interactions between reproductive, behavioral, and physiological biology int eh evolution of fishes. Additional research has dealt with the ecology/physiology of macroalgae, the chemical behavior of stabilized combustion wastes in the marine environment, the extent and rate of degradation of biodegradable plastics int eh marine environment, and the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants on marine phytoplankton communities. These will remain important in research/research training conducted at FPL. The proposed will benefit such studies and will also make the facility more attractive to workers in other fields, such as biogeochemists at USB's Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC).