Wave Sediment Transport Effects on Soft Bottom Benthic Feeding Biology

波浪引起的水流和泥沙输移是主要过程 在底栖生物的时空尺度上 行为、进食和生长。 海洋底栖生物的反应 通过耦合场研究了生物体对波的影响， 实验室观察和“零效应”假设的检验。 已确定沉积物微生物和 大型底栖动物的消费者可以对振荡流作出反应， 短时间尺度上的泥沙输运。 使用字段和 实验室实验，振荡流对 潮间带和陆架无脊椎动物的摄食生物学 被研究。 许多实验测试将利用 独特构造的振荡水洞， 研究底栖生物适应性的未来惠益 动物对它们的自然环境。

Wave induced flow and sediment transport are dominant processes on the spatial and temporal scales of benthic organism behavior, feeding and growth. The responses of marine benthic organisms to waves have been investigated via coupled field and laboratory observations and tests of "null-effect" hypotheses. It has been determined that both sediment microorganisms and macrofaunal consumers can respond to oscillatory flow and sediment transport on short time scales. Using field and laboratory experimentation, the effects of oscillatory flows on the feeding biology of intertidal and shelf invertebrates will be studied. Many of the experimental tests will utilize a uniquely constructed oscillatory water tunnel, which have future benefits in the study of the adaptations of benthic animals to their physical environments.