ZOOSWAT: A Group Study of the Structure and Function of theEpipelagic Zooplankton Community of the Sargasso Sea

该项目是一项大型多研究者研究的一部分，该研究旨在研究整个异养群落（从细菌到大型胶质浮游动物）在低营养马尾藻海初级产品的循环利用及其向深海运输中的作用。这个具体项目的目标是量化20- 200um大小范围内的微型浮游动物生物的生物量和消耗率。将采用各种方法。在整个巡航期间，每天将对居民进行几次分析。不同类型的放牧实验将与其他研究人员合作，对不同的猎物和捕食者群体进行研究。该项目包括两次前往百慕大外S站的大型巡航，该站是JGOFS倡议的大西洋时间序列地点。这些巡航分别安排在1989年8月和1990年4月，以配合生产力的最低和最高。这个小组项目的系统方法是描述和量化上层海洋食物网的初级生产通量，这将为浮游动物群落的组成如何影响来自于光带的有机物质的通量提供关键数据。

This project constitutes a portion of a large multi- investigator study examining the role of the entire heterotrophic community, from bacteria to large gelatinous zooplankton, in the recycling of primary production and its transport to depth in the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea. The objectives of this specific project are to quantify the biomass and consumption rates of the microzooplankton organisms in the size range of 20-200 um. A variety of methodologies will be employed. Profiling of the resident populations will be made several times a day throughout the cruise. Different types of grazing experiments will be conducted in collaboration with other researchers on the various prey and predator groups. The project involves two major cruises to station S off Bermuda which constitutes the Atlantic time-series site for the JGOFS initiative. The cruises are scheduled for August 1989 and April 1990 to coincide with productivity minima and maxima, respectively. The systematic approach of this group project to describe and quantify the flux of primary production through the epipelagic food-web will provide critical data on how the composition of the zooplankton community affects the flux rate of organic material from the euphotic zone.