A Screened Lab Addition to Enhance New Ecological Research at Clemson's Baruch Institute

由于土地用途、气候、风暴频率和强度以及咸水入侵的变化，沿海景观经历了各种环境压力。克莱姆森大学巴鲁克海岸生态和森林科学研究所(BICEFS)的研究重点是了解景观的三个主要组成部分--水、植被和野生动物--是如何受到人为和自然干扰的影响和响应的。BICEFS的研究范围从城市中心到景观中最荒凉的地方，以努力了解这些组成部分是如何相互联系的。在过去的三年里，BICEFS的教员人数翻了一番，从5人增加到10人，增加了野生动物生物学、景观生态学和生态系统服务经济学的新研究方向。该项目通过在现有实验室建筑中增加1110平方英尺的屏蔽式实验室来应对这种增长，以提供新的、灵活的工作空间，以支持新的研究计划、现场实验室活动和培训。该研究所位于南卡罗来纳州沿海，全年都可以进行户外活动，因此该设计为清洁、维护和特定项目的设置提供了能源效率和简单性。与许多外勤站一样，BICEFS在共享的基础上运营其实验室和主要设备。实验室空间被指定为支持主要研究路线的各种活动或分析，而不是给个别研究人员。随着教师队伍在过去两年中的扩张，公共空间被重新用于更专业的用途，并作为初创企业或国家资助倡议的一部分进行了升级或增加了新的仪器设备。因此，实验室受到可用于进行实验、样品处理、仪器维护等工作空间的限制。各种空间研究为每个科学家提供了实验室空间的建议，足以支持充满活力的研究计划以及研究生和本科生研究的发展。为了达到这些建议的能力，将在现有实验室建筑的一侧和末端建造一个1110英尺2英寸的屏蔽式工作空间。建筑设计简单，有混凝土板、屏蔽墙和金属屋顶。包括基本的电气和管道连接，以及架子、橱柜和便携式家具。在空间的一端将安装一个步入式冷却器，以存储植物、土壤和动物样本。灵活的全季设计方便了教职员工和学生的研究，在一定程度上也方便了来自其他39所使用该房产的机构的合作者。该设计还促进了实验室类型的课堂活动和研讨会。研究所的网址是www.clemson.edu/baruch。

Coastal landscapes experience a variety of environmental stresses caused by changes in land
use, climate, storm frequency and intensity, and saltwater intrusion. Research at the Clemson University 
Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (BICEFS) focuses on understanding how three major components of the landscape - water, vegetation, and wildlife - are affected by and respond to man-made and natural disturbances. Research at BICEFS spans from the heart of cities to the wildest places in the landscape in an effort to understand how these components
are interconnected. In the last three years, BICEFS has doubled the size of its faculty from five to ten, adding new research lines in wildlife biology, landscape ecology, and ecosystem service economics. This project responds to that growth by adding a 1110-square-foot screened lab to an existing lab building to provide new, flexible workspace to support new research initiatives, field lab activities, and training. The institute's location in coastal South Carolina enables outside activities year-round and therefore the design provides energy efficiency and simplicity for cleaning, maintenance, and project specific set up. Like many field stations, BICEFS operates its labs and major equipment on a shared basis. Lab space is designated to various activities or analyses that support major research lines, rather than to individual investigators. As the faculty has expanded in the last two years, common space has been repurposed for more specialized uses and upgraded or new instrumentation has been added as part of start-up or state-funded initiatives. As a result, the lab is limited by available workspace for staging experiments, sample processing, instrument maintenance, etc. Various space studies have provided recommendations for lab space on a per scientist basis that is sufficient to support a vibrant research program and the development of graduate
and undergraduate research. To bring capacity up to these recommendations, a 1110-ft2 screened workspace will be constructed on the side and end of the existing laboratory building. The construction is a simple design, with a concrete slab, screened walls, and a metal roof. Basic electrical and plumbing hookups are included, as well as shelving, cabinets, and portable furniture. A walk-in cooler will be installed at one end of the space to store plant, soil, and animal samples. The flexible, all-season design facilitates research by faculty and students and, in part, that of collaborators from 39 other institutions that use the property. The design also facilitates lab-type classroom activities and workshops. The Institute's web site is www.clemson.edu/baruch.