Competition in the Colonial Marine Benthos

巴斯博士的工作是研究 群体海洋无脊椎动物，如海葵和珊瑚。 下 以前的NSF资助的研究，他已经调查了遗传学， 固着类的发育生物学和种群/群落生态学 有机体竞争，分别对我们的 理解竞争机制， 竞争力的变化，以及由此产生的后果 自然群落组织的变化。 在过去的五年里，他专注于竞争， 水螅状水螅我们对这个系统的理解 进展到我们准备： 第一章 利用单拷贝DNA-DNA杂交技术， 确定水螅类水螅的生态位分化 是通过资源利用的进化分歧而产生的。 （二） 利用单克隆抗体技术分离所用分子 来识别和战胜竞争对手。 这项工作可能导致分子的首次分离， 最终是基因，控制着任何动物的竞争。 奖 强烈推荐此基于成就的续订计划。

Dr. Buss' work deals with studies of competition among the colonial marine invertebrates such as anemones and corals. Under previous NSF-funded research, he has investigated the genetics, developmental biology, and population/community ecology of sessile organism competition, contributing, respectively, to our understanding of the mechanisms of competition, the sources of variation in competitive ability, and the consequences of this variation on the organization of natural communities. Over the past five years, he has concentrated on competition in the hydractiniid hydroids. Our understanding of this system has now progressed to the point where we are prepared to: 1) Utilize techniques of single copy DNA-DNA hybridization to determine whether niche differentiation in hydractiniid hydroids arose via evolutionary divergence in resource utilization. 2) Utilize monoclonal antibody technology to isolate molecules used by these hydroids to recognize and overcome competitors. This work may lead to the first isolation of molecules, and ultimately genes, controlling competition in any animal. Award for this Accomplishment-Based Renewal program is strongly recommended.