Three Dimensional Analysis and Computer Modelling of Schooling Patterns of Pelagic Animals

远洋动物群落模式的三维分析和计算机建模

• 批准号: 8616487
• 负责人: William Hamner
• 金额: $ 69.94万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-04-15 至 1991-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8616487&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Three; Dimensional; Analysis; Computer; Modelling

This proposal and its companion from the Carnegie Institution of Washington represent a single, collaborative ocean sciences instrumentation development project to test and evaluate the usefulness of newly available instrumentation to studying the adaptive schooling behavior of individuals within schools or groups of pelagic organisms. Original and rigorous mathematical analysis of schooling behavior will be tested by using digital data output from modern 3-dimensional video-graphic systems and applying this data to 3-D mathematical models developed for x-ray crystallographic studies. Hamner, who is an accomplished behavioral biologist, and his associates at UCLA will purchase a 3-D videographic system with an integrated data analysis and display capability. The system's specialized cameras will be modified for underwater use. Initial video work will be done in a large aquarium but eventual use with schooling organisms in the open ocean is planned. Pruitt, who is an skilled crystallographer at Carnegie will acquire a compatible computer graphic workstation and modify existing software for 3-D videography and automated image motion analysis for use with Hamner's data. They will collaborate to develop mathematical models and computational protocols to analyze and study schooling and behavioral patterns. X-ray crystallography is the discipline that studies the geometrical relationships of atoms, ions, or molecules within crystals. Their geometry may be static or dynamic, random or structured. Statistical analyses have been developed to describe these relationships. Animals also congregate in non-random, dynamic structures such as fish schools. X-ray crystallographic technology and statistical analysis methods may be transferable to biological sciences to better understand the dynamics and adaptive strategies of schooling behavior in fish and other organisms. Should the transfer of technologies between these different fields be successful, not only will there be a positive impact on ecological and behavioral studies, but other areas of ocean sciences that analyze distances in three-dimensional space.

这一建议及其同伴从卡内基研究所， 华盛顿代表着单一的、协作的海洋科学 仪器开发项目，以测试和评估 新的可用仪器对研究 学校内个人的适应性学校教育行为， 浮游生物群。 原始而严谨的数学 学校行为的分析将通过使用数字 从现代三维视频图形系统输出的数据， 将这些数据应用于为X射线开发的三维数学模型， 晶体学研究 Hamner是一位有成就的行为生物学家， 加州大学洛杉矶分校的同事将购买一个3D视频系统， 集成的数据分析和显示功能。 系统的 专门的照相机将被改装以用于水下。 初始 视频工作将在一个大型水族馆，但最终使用 在开阔的海洋中培养生物体是有计划的。 普鲁特，谁是 卡内基的一位熟练的晶体学家将获得一个兼容的 计算机图形工作站和修改现有的软件， 使用的摄像和自动图像运动分析 Hamner的数据 他们将合作开发数学 模型和计算协议来分析和研究学校教育 和行为模式 X射线晶体学是研究 内部原子、离子或分子的几何关系 晶体 它们的几何形状可以是静态的或动态的、随机的或 结构化。 统计分析已经发展到描述 这些关系。 动物也会聚集在一起， 动态结构，如鱼群。 x射线晶体学 技术和统计分析方法可以转移到 生物科学，以更好地了解动态和适应性 鱼类和其他生物的集群行为策略。 这些不同领域之间的技术转让 如果成功，不仅会产生积极影响， 生态和行为研究，但其他领域的海洋 分析三维空间中距离的科学。