Japan STA Program: The Behavioral Ecology of the Mid-water Community of the Kuroshio Current

小行星9512769 该奖项支持了为期24个月的日本科学技术厅（STA）博士后奖学金博士詹姆斯C。 亨特，蒙特雷湾水族馆研究所，日本海洋科学技术中心（JAMSTEC），横须贺，日本。 亨特博士将与桥本纯博士在JAMSTEC的一个名为“黑潮中层水域群落的行为生态学”的项目中合作。" 拟议的研究将通过使用深海潜水器，审查鱿鱼在中层水域群落中的作用。 这些鱿鱼在商业和生物学上都很重要。 通过将现场观察与实验室实验相结合，他将考虑几个具体的假设，这些假设将分布模式和摄食行为与从声纳设备获得的信息联系起来。 其结果将提供对中层水食物网的了解，该网络如何随着环境条件的变化而变化，以及如何准确评估和管理海洋资源。 拟议的研究涉及生物海洋学领域当前和重要的主题，JAMSTEC将为申请人提供世界上最先进的载人和机器人潜水系统。 申请者将率先将潜水设备用于中层水生物研究。 申请人和东道主科学家都详细讨论了该项目，他们提供了合理和可验证的假设，该研究很可能会为美国和日本带来积极和互利的结果。 ***

9512769 Hunt This award supports a 24 month Science and Technology Agency of Japan (STA) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. James C. Hunt, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, at the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan. Dr. Hunt will work with Dr. Jun Hashimoto at JAMSTEC in a project entitled, "The Behavioral Ecology of the Mid- Water Community of the Kuroshio Current." The proposed research will examine the role of squids within the mid-water community through the use of deep-sea submersibles. These squids are important commercially and biologically. By combining in situ observations with laboratory experiments, he will consider several specific hypotheses relating distribution patterns and feeding behaviors to information acquired from sonar equipment. The result will provide an understanding of the mid-water food web, how this web might change as environmental conditions change, and how to accurately assess and manage marine resources. The proposed research addresses topics that are both current and important in the field of biological oceanography and JAMSTEC will provide the applicant with some of the most advanced crewed and robotic submersible systems available in the world. The applicant will pioneer significant exploratory use of the diving equipment for midwater biological research. Both applicant and host scientist have discussed the project in detail, they have provided plausible and testable hypotheses, and it is likely the research will yield positive and mutually beneficial results for both the United States and Japan. ***