The Biology of Gelatinous Zooplankton: Studies on Ctenophores, Salps and Pteropods in Antarctic Waters

胶质浮游动物是一种重要的，有时是占主导地位的 南极海洋浮游动物总数的组成部分，但已收到 研究如此之少，以至于对许多人来说， 分类群 了解这些生物体对于了解 整个海洋生态系统的结构和功能。 哈比森 提出了对三个重要的群体（栉水母， 海鞘和翼足类动物）。 研究将包括系统学方面的工作， 摄食行为和速率，以及翼足类动物的生长速率， 种群的年龄结构及其贝壳在海洋中的作用 碳酸盐循环 生物体将主要由配备水肺的潜水器收集 潜水员，并将在现场和船上或实验室进行研究 水族馆。 研究将在帕尔默的麦默多站进行 站，在船上。

Gelatinous zooplankton comprise an important and sometimes dominant component of the total Antarctic marine zooplankton, but have received so little study that even the systematics is poorly developed for many taxa. Knowledge of these organisms is essential for understanding the structure and function of the overall marine ecosystem. Harbison proposes a generalized study of three important groups (ctenophores, salps and pteropods). Research will include work on systematics, feeding behavior and rates, and in the case of pteropods, growth rate, age structure of populations and role of their shells in the oceanic carbonate cycle. Organisms will be collected mainly by SCUBA equipped divers, and will be studied both in situ and in shipboard or laboratory aquaria. Research will be conducted at McMurdo Station, at Palmer Station, and on shipboard.