Workshop. Nearshore Benthic Marine Ecology: Goals, Contributions and Initiatives

约翰·萨瑟兰博士提议组织一个 研讨会讨论重要的新研究机会 和沿海海洋生态倡议。 参与将 包括海底生态学长期领导者，以及 一些创造性的年轻科学家正在塑造未来， 的纪律。 这一研究领域正在迅速变化 与来自不同学科的科学家合作， 背景，所有这些都导致了对如何 生物体之间相互作用， 设置，以确定结构，功能，发展， 我国沿海地区自然群落的多样性 国家和世界。 这些合作调查中有许多是 开始提供基本的科学知识， 例如，在海洋生物技术的发展中是有用的， 研究植物化学防御化合物（天然 除草剂）起阻止食草动物的作用。 萨瑟兰博士是沿海海洋研究的领军人物 生态 他是一位多产的研究科学家， 生物海洋学计划的资助。 程序 建议为拟议的讲习班提供10 000美元的支助。

Dr. John Sutherland has proposed the organization of a workshop meeting to discuss important new research opportunities and initiatives in coastal marine ecology. Participation will include both long-standing leaders in benthic ecology, as well as some of the creative young scientists who are shaping the future of the discipline. This area of research is changing rapidly with the collaboration of scientists from various disciplinary backgrounds, all leading to much increased understanding of how living organisms interact with one another and their physical setting to determine the structure, functioning, development, and diversity of natural communities in the coastal regions of our nation and world. Many of these collaborative investigations are beginning to provide basic scientific knowledge that can be useful in the development of marine biotechnologies, for example, studies on how plant chemical defense compounds (natural herbicides) act to deter herbivores. Dr. Sutherland is a leading figure in coastal marine ecology. He has been a productive research scientist with funding from the Biological Oceanography Program. The Program recommends support for the proposed workshop at $10,000.