The Paleoenvironmental History of Deep-Water Scleractinian Corals

深水石珊瑚的古环境历史

• 批准号: 8915858
• 负责人: Mary Droser
• 金额: $ 1.12万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 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: 1989-10-01 至 1990-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8915858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Paleoenvironmental; History; Deep; Water; Scleractinian

Many workers have suggested that several deep-water (200 m) scleractinian corals originated at relatively shallow water depths and deeper water environments. A similar onshore-offshore pattern has been demonstrated for other benthic macroinvertebrates as well. The goal of this research is to rigorously document the paleoenvironmental history of deep-water azooxanthellate scleractinian corals through field work and through examination of museum collections in order to test hypotheses about the nature of observed patterns. With planning grant monies PI will visit the Smithsonian Institution, the British Museum (Natural History) and the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) and the Institut de Paleontologie in order to examine the coral collections and work with coral specialists at these institutions.

许多工作人员提出，几种深水（200 m）石珊瑚起源于相对较浅的水深和较深的水环境。 其他底栖大型无脊椎动物也表现出类似的陆上-离岸模式。 这项研究的目标是通过实地工作和对博物馆藏品的检查，严格记录深水偶黄藻石珊瑚的古环境历史，以检验有关观察到的模式性质的假设。 借助规划拨款，PI 将参观史密森尼学会、大英博物馆（自然历史）、国家自然历史博物馆（巴黎）和古生物学研究所，以检查珊瑚收藏并与这些机构的珊瑚专家合作。