Larval Transport Processes in the Rocky Nearshore

由“波浪暴露”组成的水流运动是被波浪席卷的岩石海岸的一个重要特征。尽管暴露的生物学后果已经得到了深入的研究，但暴露影响生物过程的详细机制却没有得到太多关注。在这里，有人建议研究水运动的一个重要而鲜为人知的方面，即波浪冲刷的岩石海岸上底栖物种幼虫在近岸区域的运输。提出了以下问题：1.在毫米到厘米的尺度上，水流对幼虫有何影响？这些流动可能对幼虫的释放以及保留和定居产生重要影响。2.哪些可预测的、更大规模的水流将幼虫转移到近岸，哪些流动将其带回？3.近岸幼虫转移的方向(S)和时间进程(S)？4.幼虫的行为对其转移有何影响？实验将在加利福尼亚州中部被海浪席卷的岩石海岸进行。

Water movements comprising "wave exposure" are an important characteristic of wave-swept rocky shores. Although biological sconsequenses of exposure have been intensively studied, the detailed mechanism through which exposure affects biological processes has received less attention. Here it is proposed to study one important and little understood aspect of water motion, the transport in the nearshore region of the larvae of bottom-dwelling species on wave-swept, rocky coasts. The following questions are asked: 1. How are larvae affected by flow on a scale of millimeters to centimeters? These flows may have important consequences for the release as well as the retention and settlement of larvae. 2. What predictable, larger-scale flows transport larvae offshore, and what flows bring them back? 3. What are the direction(s) and time course(s) of larval transport in the nearshore? 4. How do the behaviors of larvae affect their transport? Experiments will be conducted on the wave-swept, rocky coast of Central California.