Enhancement of Field Stations in Bristol Bay

该合同为华盛顿大学水产和渔业科学学院渔业研究所运营的两个偏远野外站点的住房和码头建设提供支持。这些监测站位于公园和保护区内或邻近公园和保护区的两个近乎原始的湖泊系统上；它们的使用有助于提供有关鲑鱼产卵和饲养环境的承载能力以及鲑鱼与其他水生物种之间相互作用的信息。这些野外观测站的研究在过去十年中已经超越了对红鲑鱼(Oncorhynchus Nerka)的历史重点，包括了一系列新的主题，包括从鲑鱼身体到水生和陆地生态系统的海洋衍生营养物质的循环，行为和进化生态学，以及气候变化对水生生态系统的影响。作为研究的一部分，维护了幼鱼和成鱼、浮游动物、浮游植物、温度和其他生物和环境变量的长期数据集，其中一些数据超过了50年。每年夏天都会为本科生开设一门密集的野外课程，内容包括水生生态学的方法和原理。支持的目的是改善这些野外站的基础设施，以便扩大它们的教学和研究任务。这笔资金与华盛顿大学的资金一起，将用于在波丘派恩岛车站建造一个多功能实验室/教室/宿舍设施，以及在波丘派恩岛和阿列克纳吉克车站建造新的码头。这些改进将使空间站能够容纳更多的来访科学家和学生，提供专门为教学设计的空间，并通过将实验室与睡眠区分开来提高安全性。

This award provides support for construction of housing and docks at two remote field stations that are part of a group of stations operated by the Fisheries Research Institute of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. The stations are located on two nearly pristine lake systems within or adjacent to parks and preserves; their use has helped provide information on the carrying capacities of salmon spawning and rearing environments and interactions between salmon and other aquatic species. Research at these field stations has expanded in the last decade beyond the historical focus on sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) to include a range of new topics including cycling of marine-derived nutrients from salmon carcasses into aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, behavioral and evolutionary ecology, and effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems. As part of the research, long-term datasets have been maintained for juvenile and adult fishes, zooplankton, phytoplankton, temperature and other biological and environmental variables, some for over 50 years. An intensive field course for undergraduate students that covers the methods and principles of aquatic ecology is taught each summer.The support is intended to improve the infrastructure of these field stations so that their teaching and research missions can be expanded. In conjunction with funds from the University of Washington, the funds will support construction of a multipurpose laboratory/classroom/dormitory facility at the Porcupine Island station as well as new docks at both Porcupine Island and the Aleknagik station. These improvements will permit the stations to accommodate a larger number of visiting scientists and students, provide space specifically designed for teaching, and improve safety by separating laboratories from sleeping quarters.