Upgrading the Larval Fish Archive

海洋生物学家最重要的任务之一 对世界海洋中的鱼类数量感兴趣的是 了解鱼类是如何分布的， 在海洋环境中生存下来，以及 鱼类种群的丰度受到管制。 的中心 这个问题是对最脆弱群体的全面了解， 鱼的生命史中的一个阶段：它的幼虫形态。 这个项目涉及世界上最好的记录和 大西洋最大的幼鱼群， 收集了二十多年。 因此，本研究收集 这是一个非常宝贵的研究资源，因为许多 来自美国的科学家，加拿大和欧洲将依赖它 供持续参考。 因为这些收藏品 如此长的时间，它将给科学家一个独特的 有机会研究的性质的根本变化， 物种组成和丰度。 这些变化可能与 各种环境因素，并将使渔业生物学家 来预测商业上重要的 鱼类 因为鱼苗表现出许多特征， 生物学家研究的发展模式， 各种器官系统，收集将发挥关键作用， 为鱼类提供必要的发育阶段 如果没有大规模和昂贵的海洋资源， 探索 鱼苗是海洋生物的重要组成部分， 浮游动物及其分布格局反映了 洋流及其动力学 幼鱼收藏 将间接地帮助海洋学家从历史的角度 浮游动物分布的动力学。

One of the most important tasks for marine biologists interested in fish populations in the world's oceans is to understand how fish species become distributed, how fishes survive the exingencies of marine environments, and how the abundances of fish populations are regulated. At the center of this problem is comprehensive knowledge of the most vulnerable stage in the life history of a fish: its larval form. This project deals with the world's best documented and largest collection of larval fishes of the Atlantic Ocean, collected over two decades. As such, this research collection represents a very valuable research resource, since numerous scientists from the U.S.A., Canada and Europe will depend on it for continuous reference. Because the collection was made over such a long period of time, it will give scientists a unique opportunity to study fundamental changes in the nature of speciescomposition and abundance. Such changes may be related to various environmental factors and will enable fishery biologists to anticipate changes in the abundance of commercially important fishes. Because fish larvae exhibit numerous features of interest to biologists studying the developmental patterns of various organ systems, the collection will play a key role in furnishing the necessary developmental stages of fish species which are not accessible without extensive and costly oceanic exploration. Fish larvae form a significant component of the zooplankton and their distributional patterns reflect major oceancurrents and their dynamics. The larval fish collection will indirectly aid oceanographers with a historical perspective of the dynamics of zooplankton distributions.