Impact of Storms on the Distribution, Resuspension, and Hatching of Copepod Resting Eggs

底栖休眠卵是许多沿海浮游桡足类生活史上的一个重要阶段。休眠卵的恢复发育和孵化对许多地区许多种群年复一年的永久存在至关重要。然而，休眠卵对补充的相对贡献却知之甚少，这主要是因为我们既不清楚促进休眠卵在海底积累的条件，也不清楚它们的孵化情况。风暴对海床的再悬浮很可能会导致卵子的再悬浮。此外，由于大陆架地区经常受到风暴的影响，这可能会对桡足类的补充产生重大影响。这项研究试图确定鸡蛋重新悬浮所需的底部压力，以及允许它们孵化的条件(例如温度)。

Benthic resting eggs constitute an important phase in the life history of many coastal planktonic copepods. The resumption of development and hatching of resting eggs are of fundamental importance to the perpetuation of many populations year after year in many areas. The relative contribution of resting eggs to recruitment however, is poorly understood largely because we do not clearly understand either the conditions that promote the accumulation of resting eggs on the sea-bottom or their hatching. It is very likely that resuspension of the seabed by storms leads to the resuspension of eggs. Moreover, since continental shelf areas are frequently subject to storms, these could have a major impact on copecod recruitment. This research seeks to determine the bottom stresses that are necessary for eggs to be resuspended, and the conditions (e.g. temperture) that permit the their hatching.