A laser optical plankton counter for laboratory and in-situ size distributions of zooplankton, to assess the basis and outcomes of changing ecosystems

用于浮游动物实验室和原位尺寸分布的激光光学浮游生物计数器，用于评估生态系统变化的基础和结果

• 批准号: LE100100204
• 负责人: Prof Iain Suthers
• 金额: $ 8.34万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE100100204
• 关键词: laser; optical; plankton; counter; laboratory

The researchers will integrate studies of zooplankton biodiversity from the tropics to the Southern Ocean with an optical plankton counter to quickly measure zooplankton size and approximate shape. This new technology, together with a resurgence in collaborative marine science through the Integrated Marine Observing System and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, will enable Australian researchers to understand changes in the plankton in freshwater or in estuaries, as well as in the East Australian Current. This current has already strengthened and is predicted to be the area of greatest warming in the Southern Hemisphere. The response of plankton communities to these changes will have profound effects on Australian fisheries and livelihoods.

研究人员将把从热带到南大洋的浮游动物生物多样性研究与光学浮游生物计数器结合起来，快速测量浮游动物的大小和近似形状。这项新技术，加上通过综合海洋观测系统和悉尼海洋科学研究所重新开展的海洋科学合作，将使澳大利亚研究人员能够了解淡水或河口以及东澳大利亚海流中浮游生物的变化。这股洋流已经加强，预计将成为南半球变暖最严重的地区。浮游生物群落对这些变化的反应将对澳大利亚渔业和生计产生深远影响。