Modeling the environmental interactions involving a key species in the Bay of Fundy ecosystem in relation to local and global change scenarios

模拟涉及芬迪湾生态系统中关键物种的环境相互作用与当地和全球变化情景的关系

• 批准号: 365130-2008
• 负责人: Barbeau, Myriam
• 金额: $ 13.32万
• 依托单位: University of New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=434469
• 关键词: Modeling; environmental; interactions; involving; key

Our proposed research falls within the scope of understanding factors augmenting or limiting healthy ecosystems. The Bay of Fundy is a very productive and dynamic ecosystem that is economically important. Strong tidal currents in the bay erode surrounding cliffs of soft siltstone and shale, leading to the establishment of extensive mudflats in the upper bay. These mudflats are rich habitats, densely inhabited by an amphipod, Corophium volutator (hereafter Corophium). These amphipods appear to consolidate sediments by their burrow-building activities and so stabilize the mudflats. Also, they are rich in fatty acids and are a major food of fish and migratory shorebirds. Given its worth and uniqueness, the upper Bay of Fundy has been designated part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, as well as a biosphere reserve in UNESCO's Man

我们提出的研究福尔斯属于了解增强或限制健康生态系统的因素的范围。芬迪湾是一个非常富有成效和充满活力的生态系统，具有重要的经济意义。 海湾中的强大潮流侵蚀了周围的软粉砂岩和页岩悬崖，导致在海湾上部形成了广泛的泥滩。这些泥滩是丰富的栖息地，密集居住着一种片足类动物，Corophium volutator（以下简称Corophium）。这些片足类动物似乎通过它们的洞穴建造活动来巩固沉积物，从而稳定泥滩。此外，它们富含脂肪酸，是鱼类和候鸟的主要食物。鉴于其价值和独特性，芬迪湾上游已被指定为西半球滨鸟保护区网络的一部分，以及联合国教科文组织人类生物圈保护区。