A Survey of the Marine Fishes of Fiji

斐济海洋鱼类调查

• 批准号: 0102745
• 负责人: David Greenfield
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0102745&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Survey; Marine; Fishes; Fiji

The purpose of this project is to conduct an intensive two-year sampling program of the fishes of Fiji. Data from this project will be combined with information from previous collections to establish a comprehensive list of the species present and provide information on the habitats of the species and characteristics of the biological communities. Although Fiji lies within the region supporting the most diverse coral-reef fish fauna in the world, its fishes are not well known and estimates of the diversity of fishes inhabiting the Fiji Islands are grossly underestimated.Collecting efforts will concentrate on reef and shore fishes, and include sampling in reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, mud flats, and rocky and sandy shores. In addition to making collections using SCUBA at depths of 30 meters or less, a pilot sampling of fishes will be conducted to a depth of 120 meters using closed circuit rebreather technology. Specimens will be photographed in the field and returned to the University of Hawaii for identification.The fish specimens collected will be available for future systematic and biogeographic studies, and will provide information on biodiversity, habitat specificity, and characteristics of Indo-Pacific marine communities. An interactive, searchable database system on the fishes of Fiji will be developed. The database will contain basic taxonomic data for each taxon (authorship, location of type specimen, synonyms), major references for identification, diagnostic characteristics, distributional information, photographs, and listings of major museum holdings of specimens from Fiji. A book on the fishes of Fiji is planned as a follow-up project.

该项目的目的是对斐济的鱼类进行为期两年的密集抽样方案。 该项目的数据将与以前收集的信息相结合，以建立现有物种的全面清单，并提供有关物种生境和生物群落特征的信息。 虽然斐济位于世界上珊瑚礁鱼类动物最多的区域之内，但其鱼类并不为人所知，对斐济群岛鱼类多样性的估计也被严重低估，采集工作将集中于珊瑚礁和海岸鱼类，包括在珊瑚礁、红树林、海草床、泥滩、岩石和桑迪海岸取样。 除了使用水肺在30米或以下的深度进行采集外，还将使用闭路呼吸器技术在120米的深度进行鱼类试点采样。 将在现场对标本拍照，然后送回夏威夷大学进行鉴定，收集的鱼类标本将用于今后的系统和鱼类地理学研究，并将提供关于印度洋-太平洋海洋群落的生物多样性、生境特异性和特征的信息。 将开发一个关于斐济鱼类的交互式可搜索数据库系统。 该数据库将包含每一分类群的基本分类数据（作者、模式标本的位置、同义词）、主要鉴定参考资料、诊断特征、分布信息、照片和斐济主要博物馆标本收藏清单。 作为一个后续项目，计划出版一本关于斐济鱼类的书。