Wave Sediment Transport Effects on Soft-Bottom Benthic Feeding Biology

波浪沉积物输送对软底底栖生物摄食生物学的影响

• 批准号: 8710768
• 负责人: Douglas Miller
• 金额: $ 12.96万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 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: 1987-09-01 至 1990-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8710768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Wave; Sediment; Transport; Effects; Soft

In many shallow oceanic environments, wave-induced flow and sediment transport are dominant processes on the scales of benthic organism feeding and growth. However, the response of marine benthic organisms to oscillatory flow and oscillatory sediment transport has not been investigated. Using coupled field and laboratory experiments, the effects of oscillatory flows on the feeding biology of intertidal and shelf invertebrates will be studied. Many of the experimental tests will utilize a uniquely constructed oscillatory wave tank which will have future benefits in the study of the adaptations of benthic animals to their physical environments.

在许多浅海环境中，波浪诱导的水流和泥沙输运是底栖生物摄食和生长尺度上的主要过程。然而，海洋底栖生物对振荡水流和振荡泥沙输运的响应还没有得到研究。通过野外实验和实验室实验相结合的方法，研究了振荡流对潮间带和陆架无脊椎动物摄食生物学的影响。许多实验测试将利用一种独特的结构振荡波槽，这将在研究底栖动物对其物理环境的适应方面有未来的好处。