Workshop. Nearshore Benthic Marine Ecology: Goals, Contributions and Initiatives

John Sutherland博士提议组织一次研讨会会议，讨论沿海海洋生态方面新的重要研究机会和倡议。参与者将包括底栖生物生态学的长期领导者，以及一些正在塑造该学科未来的富有创造力的年轻科学家。在来自不同学科背景的科学家的合作下，这一研究领域正在迅速变化，所有这些都导致对生物如何相互作用及其物理环境的了解大大增加，以确定我们国家和世界沿海地区自然群落的结构、功能、发展和多样性。其中许多合作研究开始提供可用于海洋生物技术发展的基本科学知识，例如，研究植物化学防御化合物(天然除草剂)如何起到威慑食草动物的作用。萨瑟兰博士是沿海海洋生态学领域的领军人物。在生物海洋学项目的资助下，他一直是一位多产的研究科学家。该方案建议为拟议的讲习班提供10000美元的支助。

Dr. John Sutherland has proposed the organization of a workshop meeting to discuss important new research opportunities and initiatives in coastal marine ecology. Participation will include both long-standing leaders in benthic ecology, as well as some of the creative young scientists who are shaping the future of the discipline. This area of research is changing rapidly with the collaboration of scientists from various disciplinary backgrounds, all leading to much increased understanding of how living organisms interact with one another and their physical setting to determine the structure, functioning, development, and diversity of natural communities in the coastal regions of our nation and world. Many of these collaborative investigations are beginning to provide basic scientific knowledge that can be useful in the development of marine biotechnologies, for example, studies on how plant chemical defense compounds (natural herbicides) act to deter herbivores. Dr. Sutherland is a leading figure in coastal marine ecology. He has been a productive research scientist with funding from the Biological Oceanography Program. The Program recommends support for the proposed workshop at $10,000.