U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: A Comparison of Phytoplankton and Benthic Microalgal Biomass and Production

9513306 Cahoon这项奖励将支付北卡罗来纳大学威尔明顿校区生物科学系Lawrence Cahoon博士的部分旅费和相关设备运费，使他能够与新西兰汉密尔顿国家水与大气研究所的William Vant进行合作研究。本研究的重点是河口生态系统中底栖微藻的生态。这项研究将调查马努考港微藻和浮游植物生物量与产量的关系。这个河口生态系统接收来自奥克兰的经过处理的污水，造成营养负荷和浊度的强烈梯度。这项研究将检验这样一个假设，即浮游植物及其衍生的碎屑对光的衰减推动了藻类和浮游生物生物量之间的反向关系。这项研究汇集了新西兰研究人员在水生生态系统光衰减方面的专门知识和美国研究人员在测量底栖微藻生物量和产量方面的专门知识。***

9513306 Cahoon This award will partially cover travel and related equipment shipping costs for Dr. Lawrence Cahoon, Department of Biological Sciences at the Wilmington Campus of the University of North Carolina, to enable him to conduct collaborative research with William Vant of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Hamilton, New Zealand. The focus of this investigation is on the ecology of benthic microalgae in an estuarine ecosystem. The research will investigate the relationship between microalgal and phytoplankton biomass and production in the Manukau Harbor. This estuarine ecosystem receives treated sewage effluent from Auckland, creating a strong gradient of nutrient loading and turbidity. The study will test the hypothesis that light attenuation by phytoplankton, and its derived detritus, drives an inverse relationship between the algal and plankton biomass. The study brings together the expertise of the New Zealand investigator in light attenuation in aquatic ecosystems and the American researcher in the measurement of benthic microalgal biomass and production. ***