Ecological Studies of Zooplankton Populations in Gulf StreamRings and the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean

这项以成果为基础的更新建议是继续分析暖核环浮游动物的空间和时间格局，并利用北大西洋真甲虫物种垂直和水平分布的广泛数据库，综合各物种及其群落结构在整个流域的分布情况。这项研究应该会提供关于环浮游动物物种结构的新知识，以及它如何随着时间的推移而演变。它还应加强对生活在大西洋西北部的一些冷水和暖水物种种群动态的了解。

This Accomplishment Based Renewal Proposal is to continue the analyses of warm-core ring zooplankton spatial and temporal patterns and to use the extensive data base on the vertical and horizontal distribution of euphausiid species in the Northern Atlantic to provide a synthesis of the basin-wide distributions of individual species and their community structure. This research should provide new knowledge about the zooplankton species structure of rings and how it evolves through time. It should also enhance the understanding of the population dynamics of a number of cold and warm-water species living in the North- western Atlantic Ocean.