U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: A Geographic and Taxonomic Companion of Reproduction and Recruitment in Spiny Lobsters

小行星9418306 该奖项将部分支持弗吉尼亚州诺福克的旧自治领大学生物科学系的Mark J. Butler博士的旅行和通信费用，使他能够在该大学停留六个月。 新西兰海洋研究所在新西兰惠灵顿进行合作研究， 阿利斯泰尔·麦克迪尔米德医生 该研究将侧重于实地和实验室实验，以测试有关新西兰和佛罗里达群岛沿海沃茨多刺或岩石龙虾的招募和可持续资源利用的假设。 这项研究将开始调查限制普通新西兰刺龙虾招募的潜在因素，并将结果与加勒比龙虾的类似研究进行比较。这项研究还将考虑雄性体型对交配成功率和多刺龙虾种群受精率的影响，这些龙虾由于体重的原因而体型不同。 剥削 这项提议是联合请求在美国-新西兰合作科学计划。 麦克迪尔米德博士将于1996年初回访美国，并将得到新西兰研究、科学和技术部的支助。

9418306 Butler This award will partially support travel and communications expenses for Dr. Mark J. Butler of the Department of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, to enable him to make a six month stay at the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute in Wellington, New Zealand to conduct cooperative research with Dr. Alistair MacDiarmid. The research will focus on field and laboratory experimentation to test hypotheses concerning recruitment and sustainable resource use of spiny or rock lobsters in the coastal waters of New Zealand and the Florida Keys. The research will initiate investigations of the potential factors limiting recruitment of the common New Zealand spiny lobster and compare results with similar studies of the Caribbean lobster. The study will also consider the effects of male size on mating success and fertilization rates in populations of spiny lobsters that differ in size due to heavy exploitation. This proposal is part of a joint request for activity under the U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Science Program. The reciprocal visit to the United States by Dr. MacDiarmid will occur in early 1996 and is to be supported through the New Zealand Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.