NSF Young Investigator

NSF 青年研究员

• 批准号: 9458114
• 负责人: Sarah Sanderson
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: College of William and Mary
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9458114&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Young; Investigator

9458114 Sanderson Suspension-feeding fishes filter massive volumes of water to extract small prey particles. Although they comprise one third of the world fish harvest, their mechanisms of particle retention are unknown. Hypotheses about the process of particle encounter with the filtering apparatus and the process of particle retention inside the oral cavity have rarely been tested in suspension-feeding fishes. The P.I. will use novel techniques to test hypotheses about the filtration mechanisms of species that differ in morphology and water transport method.

9458114条悬浮进食的桑德森鱼过滤大量的水，以提取小的猎物颗粒。尽管它们占世界鱼类产量的三分之一，但它们保留颗粒的机制尚不清楚。关于颗粒与过滤设备相遇的过程以及颗粒滞留在口腔内的假说很少在悬浮饲养的鱼类中得到检验。P.I.将使用新技术来测试关于不同形态和水传输方式的物种的过滤机制的假说。