Population Regulation in a Temperate Reef Fish System

生物海洋学和海洋生物学的一个基本主题 生态学是了解海洋生物系统如何应对 各种环境和生物过程和扰动。 目前在这些领域的研究兴趣主要集中在 影响组分动力学和调节的过程 在海洋生态系统中。 这个延续项目 重点关注温带地区的人口如何 珊瑚礁鱼类受到管制。 特别是施密特博士和 霍尔布鲁克将解决在多大程度上，这些人口 鱼类受平衡或非平衡动力学的支配， 以及导致其 调控 他们将讨论密度是否和如何- 依赖性可能（或可能不）在不同的生命阶段起作用， 鱼。 被调查的鱼，条纹冲浪鲈鱼 （Embiotoca lateralis）和黑鲈鱼（E.杰克逊尼）， 代表一类海洋生物，在那里当地的招聘可能 在一定程度上与新繁殖体的产生相结合。 作为 因此，通过这项研究获得的信息将有助于 更广泛地了解环境和生态 过程可以影响生物学中的动态和调节， 耦合系统

A fundamental theme in biological oceanography and marine ecology is to understand how marine biological systems respond to various environmental and biological processes and perturbations. Much of the current research interest in these fields is on the processes that affect the dynamics and regulation of component populations within marine ecosystems. This continuation project focuses on the essential issue of how populations of temperate reef fish are regulated. In particular, Drs. Schmitt and Holbrook will address the extent to which populations of these fishes are governed by equilibrium or non-equilibrium dynamics, together with the processes and mechanisms that result in their regulation. They will address whether and how density- dependence may (or may not) operate at different life stages of the fishes. The fishes investigated, striped surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis) and black surfperch (E. jacksoni), represent a class of marine organisms where local recruitment may be coupled to some extent with production of new propagules. As such, information gained by this research will contribute to a broader understanding of how environmental and ecological processes can affect dynamics and regulation in biologically coupled systems.