U.S. GLOBEC: Modeling Biological/Physical Processes Controlling Copepod Abundance in the Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine Region

作为美国GLOBEC西北大西洋野外研究第二阶段项目的一部分，建模工作将研究物理过程如何与种群动态相互作用，以控制缅因州乔治河岸/海湾地区优势桡足类物种（Calanus finmarchicus， pseudoalanus newmani和P. moultoni， typicus和hamatus）的分布。该研究将提供：1)对中上层生态系统中中上层组成部分功能的新见解；2)关于幼鱼捕食场动态的新信息；3)关于气候变化可能对温带陆架地区物种分布产生潜在影响的基本数据。＊＊＊

9634166 LYNCH As part of the U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic Field Studies Phase 2 program, a modeling effort will investigate how physical processes interact with population dynamics to control the distributions of dominant copepod species (Calanus finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus newmani and P. moultoni, Centropages typicus, and Centropages hamatus) in the Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine region. The study will provide: 1) new insights into the functioning of a mesopelagic component of a pelagic ecosystem, 2) novel information on the dynamics of the prey field of larval fish, and 3) basic data on the potential effects that climate change can exert on species distributions in temperate shelf areas. ***