Freshwater wells to support research in evolutionary genomics, physiology, and aquaculture, at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

班菲尔德海洋科学中心支持温哥华岛西海岸的世界级研究。对滨河和淡水鱼的研究越来越多地成为我们个人资料的一部分。NSERC和霍华德·休斯医疗机构最近的投资除了现场现有的淡水设施外，还创建了两个刺鱼饲养设施。这对我们的淡水供应提出了巨大的需求，目前我们的淡水供应是由氯化社区水提供的。近年来，社区用水的单位成本翻了一番。过去，氯化水平的激增曾导致鱼类死亡。未来的研究将包括需要养鱼多年的多代繁殖实验。任何大规模死亡事件都可能毁掉多年的工作。社区供水系统也很脆弱，很容易被地震、海啸或误入歧途的船主摧毁。

The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre supports world-class research on the west-coast of Vancouver Island. Research on anadromous and freshwater fishes is a growing part of our profile. Recent investments by NSERC and Howard Hughes Medical Institution have created two stickleback rearing facilities in addition to the freshwater facilities already on site. This places substantial demands on our freshwater supply, which currently is provided by chlorinated community water. Unit costs of community water have doubled in recent years. Spikes in chlorination levels have caused fish mortality in the past. Future research will include multi-generational breeding experiments that require fish to be kept for years. Any mass mortality event could destroy years of work. The community water system is also fragile and could easily be destroyed by an earthquake, tsunami, or errant boater.