How does mangrove habitat structure influence parasite transmission and predation in tropical estuaries?

F13-NSF催化新的国际合作计划（12-573）提案摘要提案1:OISE-1344214，标题：？红树林栖息地结构如何影响热带河口寄生虫的传播和捕食？摘要：本提案旨在促进乔治亚大学的Byers教授、史密森热带研究所的Torchin教授和巴拿马科学研究与技术服务研究所（INDICASAT）的Lopez教授之间的研究合作。洛佩斯教授的加入为拟议的项目增加了植物生物学和红树林结构方面的专业知识，并为两国博士之间的现有合作提供了新的方向。托钦和拜尔斯。本项目将研究热带红树林中一组同属泥螺的寄生和捕食的影响。这些初步实验将在一个夏天进行，为将来提交国家科学基金会的提案收集初步数据。该项目将为一名美国本科生和一名生态系统工程与保护方面的博士后提供基础培训机会。公共宣传活动可能对巴拿马社区产生更广泛的影响和教育效益。

F13-NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations Program (12-573)Proposal abstractProposal 1: OISE-1344214, title: ?How does mangrove habitat structure influence parasite transmission and predation in tropical estuaries?? by James Byers at University of GeorgiaAbstract: This proposal aims to catalyze a research collaboration between professor Byers from the University of Georgia, professor Torchin from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Professor Lopez from the Institute for Scientific Research and Technological Services (INDICASAT) in Panama. The addition of Professor Lopez to this collaboration adds expertise in plant biology and mangrove forest structure to the proposed project and gives a new direction to the existing collaboration between Drs. Torchin and Byers. This project will examine the effects of parasitism and predation of a group of congeneric mud snails of the genus Cerithidea in tropical mangroves. These preliminary experiments would be carried out during one summer to gather preliminary data for the submission on an NSF proposal in the future. The project will provide fundamental training opportunities for a US undergraduate student and a postdoc on ecosystems engineering and conservation. Public outreach activities would have potential broader impacts and educational benefits to the Panamanian community.