Bio-Physical Interdisciplinary Trophic Studies

派珀博士和他的合作者霍利迪博士将 进行一项为期两年的开发新仪器的计划 这将使海洋科学界能够测试假设， 海洋物理参数的变化 各种空间和时间尺度将导致 的组成和丰度的互补变化， 浮游动物和微浮游生物群落。 这项研究将是 美国全球海洋生态系统动力学计划的一部分 全球变革计划。 这些研究人员将开发阵列 用于六个系泊设备，包括流速计、变阻器、 还有几种传感器，设计用来 半小时时浮游动物和微浮游生物的生物量和大小 的间隔 这些系统将包括自动数据采集 和实时遥测，以便于分析和提供 瞬时事件的机会性采样的机会。

Dr. Pieper, and his collaborator Dr. Holliday, will undertake a two-year program to develop the new instrumentation that will allow the ocean science community to test hypotheses about how changes in physical oceanographic parameters at a variety of spatial and temporal scales will result in complementary changes in the composition and abundance of zooplankton and micronekton communities. This research will be part of the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program of the US Global CHange Program. These investigators will develop arrays for six moorings which will include current meters, thermistors, and several kinds of sensors designed to acoustically estimate zooplankton and micronekton biomass and size at one-half hour intervals. These systems will include automated data acquisition and real-time telemetry to facilitate analysis and provide opportunities for opportunistic sampling of transient events.