FSML Laboratory and Field Mesocosms for Ocean Acidification Research

华盛顿大学获得了一笔赠款，用于在星期五港实验室(http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/)for)建造一个新设施，用于研究海洋酸化及其对温带海洋生物和生态系统的影响。拟建的设施将包括用于大规模实验操作的水中附着体、实验室水族馆系统，以及一个用于支持实验的基本碳参数分析实验室。该设施将作为研究温带环境中海洋酸化的国家中心，允许来自全国各地的研究人员和学生(以及国际合作者)在与环境相关的环境中测试海洋生物对pH值和碳酸盐饱和度变化的反应。该设施将促进在不断变化的海洋中生物地球化学和近岸温带生态系统之间的相互作用的研究和教学方面的重大新合作。海洋酸化具有强烈的国家和国际利益。欧洲共同体刚刚批准了一项新的为期5年的海洋酸化研究计划，美国机构已将其作为新研究资金的优先事项。FHL所在的地区可能是受酸化影响最严重的地区之一，对商业渔业有影响。这将是少数几个拥有海洋水域的避难所之一，可以容纳这样的能力，也是美国机构中唯一的一个。这一美国中微体设施将使研究能够将单个有机体的反应与全面的生态系统反应和渔业影响评估联系起来。拟议中的设施将直接为FHL的本科生研究学徒计划、研究生研究和研究生研究课程做出贡献。该项目还包括一个K-12部分，覆盖了所有级别的地区学校，包括从2008年夏季开始的一个新的NSF GK-12计划。最后，该设施将有助于在胡安德富卡海峡、佐治亚州海峡和加拿大边境的金钟湾周围的七个华盛顿县组织的公民驱动的海洋资源委员会的活动。

The University of Washington is awarded a grant to build a new facility at Friday Harbor Laboratories (http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/)for experimental study of ocean acidification and its influence on temperate marine organisms and ecosystems. The proposed facility will include in-water mesocosms for large-scale experimental manipulations, laboratory aquarium systems, and an analytical laboratory for essential carbon parameters to support experimentation. The facility will serve as a national center for the study of ocean acidification in temperate environments, allowing investigators and students from across the country (and international collaborators) to test the response of marine organisms to changes in pH and carbonate saturation in an environmentally-relevant setting. The facility will catalyze significant new collaborations in research and teaching focused on the interactions between biogeochemistry and near-shore temperate ecosystems in a changing ocean. Ocean acidification is of strong national and international interest. The European Community has just approved a new 5-year program of research on ocean acidification, and the U.S. agencies have made this a priority for new research funding. FHL is located in an area that is likely to be among the first and hardest hit by acidification impacts, with implications for commercial fisheries. This will be one of a few sheltered sites with oceanic waters that could host such a capability, and the only one at a U.S. institution. This U.S. mesocosm facility will enable research that links individual organism responses to full ecosystem responses and impact assessments for fisheries. The proposed facility will contribute directly to FHL's undergraduate research apprenticeship program, graduate student research and graduate research courses. The project also includes a K-12 component, with outreach to regional schools at all levels, including a new NSF GK-12 Program beginning summer 2008. Finally, this facility will contribute to the activities of citizen-driven marine resource committees organized in seven Washington counties surrounding the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait, and Admiralty Inlet to the Canadian border.