FSML: Laboratory and Telecommunication Improvements for White Mountain Research Station

该合同将为白山研究站（WMRS）提供支持，以：(1)改善现代生物学研究的实验室资源，(2)在其高海拔实验室与世界其他地区之间建立语音和数据电信链路。WMRS位于大盆地的西部边缘，拥有四个实验室，跨越海拔超过3100米的样带，仅20公里。该地区具有丰富的地形和生物多样性，由于97%的土地是公有的，因此可以进行研究。在这笔资金的帮助下，该站将在欧文斯谷实验室（海拔1235米）建立一个现代生物实验室，该实验室是该站位于加利福尼亚州毕晓普的总部所在地。该实验室将为进行实地研究和稳定生物样品提供必要的工具，以便用专门的仪器运送到其他实验室。此外，该站将在高海拔实验室（巴克罗夫特位于3,80m，克鲁克克里克位于3,094m）和总部之间建立电信连接，总部有一个专用的互联网连接。新系统将(a)使用无线和电缆数据传输的组合提供欧文斯谷实验室局域网到巴克罗夫特和克鲁克克里克的透明扩展，以及(b)提供高海拔实验室与外部世界之间的互联网和电话连接。目前，该站的研究包括野生动物和保护生物学、生理生态学、高海拔动物能量学和生态学、动物行为学、进化生物学、植物遗传学和古生物学。这些研究工作的范围和质量将得到该站现代生物实验室设施的帮助。该站最近的教育用途包括参观实地课程、WMRS环境生物学超级课程、加州大学保护生物学夏季研讨会和WMRS本科生实习等项目。建立与高海拔实验室的数据通信链路将使它们能够“联机”进行教育项目，并使需要不间断监测和遥测遥感数据的研究项目成为可能。

This award provides support to the White Mountain Research Station (WMRS) to (1) improve laboratory resources for modern biological research and (2) establish voice and data telecommunication links between its high altitude laboratories and the rest of the world. WMRS is located on the western edge of the Great Basin with four laboratories spanning an elevation transect that exceeds 3100 meters in just 20 kilometers. The region is rich in topographical and biological diversity and is accessible to research because 97% of the land is publicly owned. With the aid of this award, the Station will develop a modern biology laboratory at the Owens Valley Laboratories (at 1,235m above sea level), the site of the Station's headquarters in Bishop, CA. The laboratory will provide the essential tools for conducting field research and stabilizing biological samples for transport to other laboratories with specialized instrumentation. In addition, the Station will establish telecommunication links between the high altitude laboratories (Barcroft at 3,801m and Crooked Creek at 3,094m) and the headquarters where there is a dedicated connection to the Internet. The new system will (a) provide a transparent extension of the Owens Valley Laboratories' local area network to Barcroft and Crooked Creek using a combination of wireless and cable data transmission, and (b) provide internet and telephone connectivity between the high altitude laboratories and the outside world.Currently, research at the Station includes efforts in wildlife and conservation biology, physiological ecology, animal energetics and ecology at high altitudes, animal behavior, evolutionary biology, plant genetics, and paleobiology. The extent and quality of these research efforts will be aided by modern biological laboratory facilities at the Station. Recent educational use of the Station has included visiting field classes, programs such as the WMRS Supercourse in Environmental Biology, the UC Conservation Biology Summer Symposium, and WMRS Undergraduate Internships. Establishing a data communication link to the high altitude laboratories will bring them "on-line" for educational programs as well as enabling research programs requiring uninterrupted monitoring and telemetry of remotely sensed data.