Wave Sediment Transport Effects on Soft-Bottom Benthic Feeding Biology

在许多浅海环境中，波浪诱导的流动和 沉积物输运是底栖生物尺度上的主要过程 有机体的摄食和生长。 然而，海洋的反应 底栖生物对振荡流和振荡沉积物的影响 运输没有被调查。使用耦合场和 实验室实验，振荡流的影响， 潮间带和陆架无脊椎动物的摄食生物学将是 研究了 许多实验测试将利用独特的 建造的振荡波槽，将有未来的利益， 研究底栖动物对它们的身体适应性的研究 环境.

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.