Suspension, Cross-Shelf Transport and Deposition of Planktonic Larvae of Inner-Shelf Benthic Invertebrates

在许多沿海物种中，关键的柏拉图式幼虫阶段是 花在内大陆架的沃茨， 在大陆架的岸边几公里处， 小于30米。 我们对冰架参数的了解 这些浮游幼虫生活的地方非常贫瘠 物理过程 这对生物学有很大的影响，例如沉积物的迁移 以及陆架内沃茨的分层和环流， 不太了解。 这项研究的主要目的是获得 天气、系泊、生物、物理和环境的长期测量 以及同一时间和空间的泥沙输运参数 鳞片 实地项目旨在深入了解 可能控制成功扩散的过程， 近岸生物浮游幼虫的定居 桑迪沉积物。 这项研究的目的是， 学科，以及跨学科的问题，可以是 处理。 指导这项研究的基本假设是， 生活在潮间带（或 在非常浅的水域）利用内陆架的环流 来控制它们的跨大陆运输

In many coastal species, a critical platonic larval stage is spent in the waters of the inner continental shelf, the most shoreward few kilometers of the shelf where depths are typically less than 30 m. Our knowledge of the parameters of the shelf where these planktonic larvae live is meager. Physical processes which strongly influence the biology, such as sediment transport and the stratification and circulation of inner shelf waters, are poorly understood. A major goal of this study is to obtain synoptic, moored, long-term measurements of biological, physical and sediment transport parameters at the same time and space scales. The field program is aimed at gaining insight into the processes that may control the successful dispersal and settlement of planktonic larvae of organisms living in near-shore sandy sediments. The study is designed so that critical disciplinary, as well as interdisciplinary questions can be addressed. The basic hypothesis guiding the research is that planktonic larvae of organisms living in the intertidal zone (or in very shallow water) exploit the circulation of the inner shelf to control their cross-shelf transport.