ZOOSWAT: A Group Study of the Structure and Function of theEpipelagic Zooplankton Community of the Sargasso Sea

ZOOSWAT：马尾藻海表层浮游动物群落结构和功能的群体研究

• 批准号: 8818293
• 负责人: Marsh Youngbluth
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-04-01 至 1992-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8818293&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ZOOSWAT; Group; Study; Structure; Function

The abundance, community composition and feeding activity of zooplankton determines the amount of organic matter which is either recycled within the mixed layer or is transported to depth (non-utilized phytoplankton, fecal pellets, carcasses, molts, mucous material or migrating animals). Past plankton studies have focused on particular taxonomic classes or size categories of zooplankton, thus missing the full complexity and trophic relationships of the epipelagic zooplankton community. This research will comprehensively characterize and quantify the entire epipelagic community and its consumption of primary production in the open ocean in order to provide accurate assessments of the flux of photosynthetically derived carbon.

浮游动物的丰度，社区组成和喂养活性决定了在混合层内回收或将其转运到深度的有机物量（未利用的浮游植物，粪便，粪便，尸体，尸体，蜕皮，蜕皮，粘液，粘液材料或迁移动物）。过去的浮游生物研究集中在浮游动物的特定分类类别或大小类别上，因此缺少表皮浮游生物社区的全部复杂性和营养关系。这项研究将全面地表征和量化整个表现社区及其在开阔海洋中的初级生产的消费，以便对光合衍生的碳的通量进行准确的评估。