Equipment Improvement Request for the Humboldt State University Marine Laboratory

该合同为购买一艘配备90马力的28英尺浮桥船提供资金。为弗雷德·特隆尼克海洋实验室提供发动机和吊艇架。这艘船将能够搭载15人，将用于课程和研究，主要是在实验室附近的浅水区。该实验室提供多种面向海洋的研究和教育项目，包括研究生、本科生和K-12课程，但重点是大学水平的课程。这艘船将有助于进入附近几条河流的河口或河口附近的河口栖息地，并将允许使用海底取样设备研究海底的物理组成以及栖息在该地区的各种植物、动物和微生物的生理和种群生物学。

This award provides funds for the purchase of a 28 foot pontoon boat equipped with 90 hp. motor and davit for the Fred Telonicher Marine Laboratory. The boat, which will be capable of carrying 15 persons, will be used for courses and research, largely in shallow areas near the Laboratory . The Laboratory provides a diverse set of marine-oriented research and education programs, including graduate, undergraduate and K-12 programs, but with emphasis on college level classes. The boat will facilitate access to estuarine habitats at or near the mouths of several nearby rivers, and will allow use of bottom-sampling devices for research into the physical composition of the ocean floor and the physiology and population biology of various plants, animals and microbes that inhabit the areas.