FSML-Upgrading the Small Boat and Diving Facilities at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

该项目将资助莫斯兰丁海洋实验室（MLML）的小船和潜水项目的改进。 一艘缅因州风格的龙虾船将被改造成用于教学和研究的船只。 转换将包括：安装“A”型框架、绞车和钢丝以及用于投放和回收科学取样装置（例如拖网、底栖雪橇、浮游生物网、底栖抓斗、取样器、CTD的摄影雪橇、侧扫声纳鱼等）的液压装置一个观景台将安装在驾驶室上方，需要移动和安装雷达和天线到一个新的更高的桅杆。 一个舱壁将建造在驾驶室的后部。 将购买一艘小船，并配备舷外机、转向连杆和电子设备。 水肺空气压缩机将被购买，以取代23岁的压缩机。莫斯兰丁海洋实验室经营着美国最活跃的教育和研究设施之一，海洋科学硕士课程的大约100名毕业生中，大约80人将使用小船进行课堂项目，课堂实地考察，或研究项目为他们的硕士学位。 MLML的小船不仅可以让学生获得大量的现场经验，而且许多学生还接受了处理小船和相关采样设备的培训并拥有丰富的经验。 一九九三年，美国水下科学院（AAUS）的一项调查报告称，MLML拥有美国第三大最活跃的科学潜水项目。MLML的潜水设备用于上课（海洋科学潜水和潮下带生态学）以及许多硕士的研究项目。MLML的小船和潜水项目的更换和升级将大大改善本科生和MLML的研究生教育和海洋科学研究。2小船将用于近海和河口课程活动，访问教师的研究，以及邻近研究人员的使用。 潜水项目的改进将有利于需要潜水的课程和研究，也有利于使用MLML设施的访问研究人员。

This project will underwrite improvements in the small boat and diving programs at Moss Landing MarineLaboratories (MLML). A Maine-style lobster vessel will be converted into a vessel used for teaching andresearch. The conversion will include: installation of an "A" frame, winch and wire, and hydraulics forlaunching and recovering scientific sampling gear (e.g. trawls, benthic sleds,plankton nets, benthic grabs, corers, CTD's camera sleds,side scan sonar fishes, etc.) An observation deck will be installed above the wheel house, requiring moving and installing the radar and antennas onto a new higher mast. A bulkhead would be constructed aft of the wheel house. One small boat will be purchased and outfitted with outboards, steering linkage, and electronics. SCUBA air compressor will be purchased to replace a 23 year old compressor.Moss Landing Marine Laboratories operates one of the most active educational and research facilities formarine sciences in the U.S. Of the approximately 100 graduates students in the marine science Master's program at any time, about 80 will use the small boats for class projects, class field trips, or research projects for their for their Master's degree. Not only does the accessibility of small boats at MLML allowstudents a great deal of field experience, many become trained and experienced with handling small boats and related sampling equipment. In 1993, a survey by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)reported MLML had the third most active scientific dive program in the U.S. The dive equipment at MLML isused for classes (Marine Science Diving and Subtidal Ecology)and for many of the Master's research projects.The replacements and upgrades in the small boats and diving programs at MLML will greatly improve the facilities and equipment for undergraduate and graduate education and research in marine science at MLML.Small boats will be used for offshore and estuarine course activities, research by visiting faculty, and use by neighboring researchers. Improvements in the diving program would benefit the courses and researchresearch that require diving and visiting researchers that use the MLML facilities.