FSML: Renovations and Improvements to the KBS Experimental Pond Facility

改进凯洛格生物站的实验池塘设施将增加访问和驻地科学家和学生的研究机会。 该池塘设施的18个实验池塘中有9个将通过去除富含营养的沉积物和旧塑料衬里进行翻新，并将其替换为新的20 mil PVC衬里，并由营养不良的砂/粘土基质覆盖。 目前，这九个池塘是富营养化和大型植物窒息，不适合大多数实验研究（其他九个池塘在1987年成功修复）。 池塘翻新工程将使池塘设施拥有18个功能齐全的池塘，以满足来访和常驻研究人员日益增长的需求。对池塘现场现有实验室进行翻新，建造一座新的季节性建筑，为池塘实验室和中型生态系统阵列安装一口新井，并安装一台连接到KBS网络的计算机，将促进研究和教学在池塘网站和附近的湖泊，溪流和湿地。 这些改进旨在适应研究各种水生系统的来访科学家对实验池塘设施的更多使用。

Improvements to the experimental pond facility at the Kellogg Biological Station will enhance research opportunities for visiting and resident scientists and students. Nine of the 18 experimental ponds at the pond facility will be renovated by removing nutrient-rich sediments and old plastic liners, and replacing them with new 20 mil PVC liners covered by a nutrient-poor sand/clay substrate. Currently, these nine ponds are eutrophic and macrophyte choked, and are unsuitable for most experimental studies (the other nine ponds were successfully renovated in 1987). The pond renovations would allow the pond facility to operate with 18 fully-functional ponds to meet the increasing demands of visiting and resident researchers.Renovations to the existing laboratory at the pond site, the construction of a new seasonal-use building, the installation of a new well for the pond laboratory and mesocosm array, and the installation of a computer connection to the KBS network, will facilitate research and teaching at the pond site and at nearby lakes, streams, and wetlands. These improvements are designed to accommodate increased use of the experimental pond facility by visiting scientists working on a variety of aquatic systems.