NSF Young Investigator

9458114桑德森悬浮液食性鱼类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，但它们的颗粒滞留机制尚不清楚。关于颗粒与过滤装置接触过程和颗粒在口腔内滞留过程的假设，很少在悬浮摄食鱼类中进行试验。P.I.将使用新的技术来测试关于不同形态和水运输方法的物种的过滤机制的假设。

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.