RUI: SBBI: Phylogenetic effect on host use within generalist herbivores: a case study using marine amphipods in the family Ampithoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

RUI：SBBI：对通才食草动物宿主使用的系统发育影响：使用片足类科海洋片足类动物的案例研究（甲壳纲：片足类）

• 批准号: 0919064
• 负责人: Erik Sotka
• 金额: $ 34万
• 依托单位: College of Charleston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0919064&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; SBBI; Phylogenetic; effect; host

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."Amphipods are common herbivorous crustaceans found in both marine and freshwater habitats. As a rule, all herbivores consume a restricted subset of available plants, and our ability to predict herbivore impacts on natural systems depends on understanding the evolution of these diet choices. Although most marine herbivores and many terrestrial insects are diet generalists, the influence of evolutionary lineage on plant choices are tested rarely. The current project will generate DNA data to examine evolutionary relationships of amphipod herbivores in the family Ampithoidae in order to assess the evolution of diet and anatomical features in this group.The proposal will have several broader impacts. First, the work advances the systematics of an ecologically-important group of marine invertebrates. Second, the grant will train and employ several young scientists, including four undergraduate students and a Masters student from the College of Charleston, in biodiversity research. With limited numbers of staff in museums worldwide, there is an urgent need for training scientists in the molecular tools of taxonomic research. Third, this proposed work extends international collaborations with developing and developed countries. We plan to disseminate our data within peer-reviewed journals and the web, including a globally important center of taxonomic information for crustacean biologists (http://crustacea.net), and to add taxonomic information for ampithoids from the geographic regions that remain under-represented.

“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。他说：“端足类动物是常见的食草甲壳类动物，在海洋及淡水生境均有发现。一般来说，所有食草动物都消耗有限的可用植物子集，我们预测食草动物对自然系统影响的能力取决于对这些饮食选择演变的理解。虽然大多数海洋食草动物和许多陆地昆虫的饮食通才，进化谱系对植物选择的影响很少测试。目前的项目将产生DNA数据，以研究Ampithoidae家族中端足类食草动物的进化关系，以评估该群体的饮食和解剖特征的进化。该提案将产生几个更广泛的影响。 首先，这项工作推进了一组生态上重要的海洋无脊椎动物的系统学。其次，这笔赠款将培训和雇用几名年轻科学家，包括查尔斯顿学院的四名本科生和一名硕士生，从事生物多样性研究。 由于世界各地博物馆的工作人员人数有限，迫切需要对科学家进行分类学研究分子工具方面的培训。 第三，这项拟议的工作扩大了与发展中国家和发达国家的国际合作。我们计划在同行评审的期刊和网络上传播我们的数据，包括一个全球重要的甲壳类生物学家分类信息中心（http：crustacea.net），并添加来自仍然代表性不足的地理区域的弯鼻龙分类信息。