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

该奖项将部分资助弗吉尼亚州诺福克Old Dominion大学生物科学系Mark J. Butler博士的旅费和通讯费用，使他能够在新西兰惠灵顿的新西兰海洋学研究所停留6个月，与Alistair MacDiarmid博士进行合作研究。这项研究将集中于实地和实验室试验，以检验关于新西兰和佛罗里达群岛沿海水域刺虾或岩虾的征聘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捕捞的潜在因素，并将结果与加勒比龙虾的类似研究进行比较。该研究还将考虑雄性体型对多刺龙虾种群的交配成功率和受精率的影响，这些龙虾由于过度捕捞而体型不同。这项提议是美国-新西兰合作科学项目联合请求活动的一部分。麦克迪米德博士将于1996年初对美国进行回访，并将通过新西兰研究、科学和技术部提供支助。

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.