FSML: The Need for Facility Infrastructure Improvements at the Cornell University Biological Field Station

该奖项为康奈尔生物野外站(CBFS)现有宿舍设施的翻新和扩建提供部分支持。CBFS位于奥奈达湖生态系统；在该站进行的研究有助于形成世界上最长的连续淡水北温带湖泊数据集之一。空间站允许科学家和学生进行研究，兴趣从湖泊学到生物地球化学，从渔业生态学到政策。过去十年来，对包括住房在内的CBFS设施的使用需求有所增加，使用高峰在2003至2005年间。这种需求的增加是随着空间站新的水生实验研究设施的建成而出现的。新改建的宿舍将1)取代1956年改建为学生宿舍的季节性住房单元，2)带来季节性和全年住宿能力的净增长，3)提供残疾人无障碍住宿，以及4)满足车站当前和预期的未来住房需求。CBFS为研究生提供水生态、渔业和湖泊学方面的培训场地，促进本科生和高中生通过发现和实践经验进行学习，并传播科学成果，以提高公众对环境的认识和理解。对生态系统的长期研究，例如由CBFS教职员工和学生进行的研究，对于提高我们对生态破坏的动态以及影响这些动态的机制，包括人类活动和自然变异性的影响的理解至关重要。

This award provides partial support for renovation and expansion of an existing dormitory facility at the Cornell Biological Field Station (CBFS). The CBFS is located in the Oneida Lake ecosystem; studies conducted at the station have contributed to one of the longest continuous freshwater north-temperate lake data sets in the world. The station enables the research of scientists and students with interests ranging from limnology to bio-geochemistry to fishery ecology to policy. Demand for use of CBFS facilities, including housing accommodations, has increased over the last decade, with peak usage between 2003 and 2005. This increased demand has occurred in association with completion of the station's new aquatic experimental research facility. The newly remodeled dormitory would 1) replace a seasonal housing unit converted to student housing in 1956, 2) result in a net gain in both seasonal and year-round housing capacity, 3) provide handicapped accessible accommodations, and 4) meet both current and anticipated future housing needs of the station. The CBFS provides a training ground for graduate students in aquatic ecology, fisheries, and limnology, promotes learning through discovery and hands-on experiences for undergraduate and high school students, and disseminates scientific findings to enhance public awareness and understanding of the environment. Long-term studies of ecological ecosystems, such as those conducted by CBFS faculty and students are vital to improving our understanding of the dynamics of ecological disruptions and of the mechanisms that influence these dynamics, including the impacts of human activities and of natural variability.