Marine Benthic Habitats and Their Living Resources: A Conference on Monitoring, Management and Application to Pacific Island Nations

海洋底栖栖息地及其生物资源：太平洋岛国监测、管理和应用会议

• 批准号: 9731001
• 负责人: Gregor Cailliet
• 金额: $ 5.63万
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-12-01 至 1999-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9731001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Marine; Benthic; Habitats; Their; Living

9731001 Cailliet Declining fisheries and adverse impacts to benthic habitats and biodiversity are a worldwide concern as coastal resources around the world increasingly are being modified by combined natural and human disturbances. Scientists from many Pacific nations and interested organizations have organized a conference to discuss state-of-the-art research using geophysical and biological sampling tools to describe benthic habitats as they relate to marine biodiversity and fisheries issues in the Pacific to take place from November 10-16 in Noumea, New Caledonia. A group of fifteen American researchers, including ten senior investigators and five graduate students will be able to attend the conference as a result of the present award. Attendance is expected to include many representatives from small Pacific island nations and territories such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, and Western Samoa, to name a few, as well as from the larger Pacific Nations including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the United States. France is also sending a sizable contingent, and French institutions are centrally involved in the planning, including the Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) and the Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpment en Cooperation (OSTROM). Drs. Jean-Marie Auzende and Rene Grandperrin of IFREMER and OSTROM respectively are helping to plan the meeting. This conference is expected to create greater opportunities for American scientists to pursue research and education in marine benthic habitats and biodiversity and to provide Pacific island scientists and officials with scientific information useful in managing their marine habitats.

9731001由于世界各地的沿海资源日益受到自然和人为干扰的影响，渔业的衰退以及对海底生境和生物多样性的不利影响是一个世界性的关切。来自许多太平洋国家和感兴趣的组织的科学家于11月10日至16日在新喀里多尼亚努美阿组织了一次会议，讨论使用地球物理和生物采样工具描述与太平洋海洋生物多样性和渔业问题有关的海底生境的最先进研究。一个由15名美国研究人员组成的小组，包括10名高级研究人员和5名研究生，将能够参加这次会议。预计与会代表将包括来自库克群岛、斐济、关岛、基里巴斯、马绍尔群岛和西萨摩亚等太平洋小岛国和领土的许多代表，以及澳大利亚、新西兰、印度尼西亚、马来西亚和美国等较大太平洋国家的代表。法国也派出了一支规模可观的特遣队，法国的机构主要参与了规划工作，其中包括L开发利用研究所(IFREMER)和发展与合作研究所(OSTORM)。IFREMER和Ostrom的Jean-Marie Auzende博士和Rene Grandperrin博士分别帮助策划了这次会议。预计这次会议将为美国科学家创造更多机会，从事海洋生物栖息地和生物多样性方面的研究和教育，并为太平洋岛屿科学家和官员提供有助于管理其海洋生物栖息地的科学信息。