U.S.-Mexico Planning Visit: Foraminiferal & Molluscan Tracers of Ancient Seagrass Habitats: Ground Truth from Tropical Seagrass Beds

小行星9802672 这个U。S.-墨西哥奖将支持B.K.教授的短期访问。Sen Gupta和L.C.路易斯安那州立大学的安德森教授给M. Machain Castillo，墨西哥国立自治大学海洋德尔马尔和湖泊科学研究所。 研究人员计划设计一个联合研究项目，包括使用某些有孔虫和软体动物的化石记录作为与热带海草草甸相关的气候和地文条件的指标。 为此，研究人员打算研究墨西哥湾和加勒比海沿岸沿着广泛分布的海草和邻近栖息地的生物的分布和生态。 还将研究这些生物的运输和保存潜力。 UNAM研究团队将包括生态学家，古生物学家;和海洋学家，他们的专业和兴趣补充了LSU团队的专业和兴趣。 更好地了解海草生态学和古生态学将与两国的海岸管理问题有关。 ***

9802672 Sen Gupta This U. S.-Mexico award will support a short-term visit by Prof. B.K. Sen Gupta and L.C. Anderson of Louisiana State University to Prof. M. Machain Castillo of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). The investigators plan to design a joint research program involving the use of the fossil record of certain foraminifers and molluscs as an indicator of climatic and physiographic conditions associated with tropical seagrass meadows. For that purpose, the researchers intend to study the distribution and ecology of organisms inhabiting extensive seagrass and adjacent habitats along the Gulf and Caribbean shorelines of Mexico. The transport and preservation potential of these organisms will also be studied. The UNAM research team will include ecologists, paleontologists; and oceanographers whose specialties and interests complement those of the LSU team. A better understanding of seagrass ecology and paleoecology will be relevant to coastal management problems of both countries. ***