|
The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory (VUCEL) is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology.〔Marinebio.org ("MarineBio Resource Directory" )〕 Located at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand, in Island Bay on Wellington's south coast, approximately 8 km south of the University’s main campus, the laboratory overlooks Cook Strait and the exposed rocky reef systems of the Taputeranga Marine Reserve.〔Gardner J., ed. (2008) ''The Taputeranga Marine Reserve''. First edition Pubblishers, Wellington New Zealand. 534p. ISBN 978-1-877479-62-5〕 VUCEL is known in Māori as ''Te Toka Tū Moana'', which means "the surf-beaten rock that stands firm in the ocean".〔("Ko te Reo - Language: Whakatauki @ maori.org.nz" )〕 The Māori name is both a description of the VUCEL building (with natural design elements that give it the appearance of rising from the rocks of the Wellington south coast), and it is representative of the strong connections between land and sea that are the focus much of VUCEL-supported research.〔e.g., Phillips N.E. and J.S. Shima (2006) Differential effects of suspended sediments on larval survival and settlement of New Zealand urchins (''Evechinus chloroticus'') and abalone (''Haliotis iris''). ''Marine Ecology Progress Series'' 314:149-158〕 VUCEL is a purpose-built research facility〔"The Dominion Post" (7 November 2007)("Coastal Lab to meet demand." ) Fairfax Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand.〕 designed by Pynenburg & Collins Architects Ltd with the internal laboratory spaces designed by Labworks Architecture Ltd, the research facility was completed in early 2009 and comprises an 816m² research space that includes 113m² of science laboratories, 168m² of wet laboratory facilities supplied with filtered and unfiltered flow-through seawater, and 161m² of oceanfront office space for up to 30 VUCEL research students, academics, and support staff. VUCEL provides a staging area for field-based research programmes along the Wellington south coast and surrounding regions.〔Gardner J., ed. (2008) ''The Taputeranga Marine Reserve''. First edition Publishers, Wellington New Zealand. 534p. ISBN 978-1-877479-62-5〕 The lab maintains a small fleet of research vessels and vehicles, SCUBA diving facilities, research infrastructure, and instrumentation for field-based ecological research. VUCEL provides logistic support to research programmes in coastal ecology that are conducted in the Wellington region〔New Zealand Department of Conservation ("''Taputeranga Marine Reserve monitoring''" )〕 and throughout New Zealand, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Ocean. Victoria University first proposed a marine lab along the south coast of Wellington in the 1920s but it was not until the 1960s that a lab was established.〔Putnam, G (1977) ("A brief history of New Zealand marine biology." ) ''Tuatara'' 22:189-211.〕 This predecessor to VUCEL, known as the Island Bay Marine Lab, occupied a building that was originally constructed as a shark liver oil processing plant by the Glaxo Company. This 1950’s structure supported the marine biology programme of Victoria University until 2007, when it was demolished to make way for the new purpose-built coastal ecology laboratory. ==See also== *Portobello Marine Laboratory 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|