U.S.-Norway Cooperative Research: The Predatory Role of the Coronate Medusae Periphylla periphylla in a Fjord Ecosystem

该奖项支持来自海港分部海洋研究所的Marsh Youngbluth与挪威卑尔根大学渔业和海洋生物系的Ulf Balmstedt合作。这项研究将集中于预测水母的捕食行为，它在挪威峡湾的远洋食物网中扮演着调节物种的角色。合作研究将阐明觅食策略与水柱变量之间的关系。这样的比较将使摄食影响的估计成为可能，这将对建立捕食动力学模型作出重大贡献。国际伙伴关系将通过提供对影响触手捕食者分布、数量和摄食习惯的时间、空间和行为变量的新见解，加强国内研究计划。

9903467YoungbluthThis award supports Marsh Youngbluth from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in a collaboration with Ulf Balmstedt of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Biology at the University of Bergen, Norway. The research will focus on predicting predation by the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla, which acts as a regulatory species in pelagic food webs of Norwegian fjords. The cooperative study will elucidate relationships between foraging strategies and water column variables. Such comparisons will make estimations of feeding impact possible which will contribute significantly to models of predatory dynamics. The international partnership will strengthen the domestic research program by providing new insights about temporal, spatial, and behavioral variables that act to influence the distribution, abundance and feeding habits of a tentaculate predator.