U.S.- U.K. Joint Workshop: Environmental Regulation of Biological Production in the Irish Sea, Dublin, Ireland, November 1992

该奖项支持美国和英国在生物海洋学方面的项目开发研讨会。组织者是佛罗里达州达尼亚诺瓦大学海洋学中心的加里·克利佩尔和英国农业、渔业和食品部渔业实验室的基思·布兰德。来自英国其他地区(威尔士和苏格兰)和爱尔兰的科学家也将参加。讲习班的目的是综合关于爱尔兰海生产力的环境管制的当前知识状况，并为今后的区域合作研究工作确定数据差距和研究目标。爱尔兰海是一个浅水区，与苏格兰、英格兰、威尔士、爱尔兰共和国、北爱尔兰和马恩岛接壤。尽管它是许多传统生物学调查的地点，但涉及爱尔兰海自然环境变异性和生产力(包括鱼类生产)之间联系的问题仍然没有答案。研讨会将集中讨论生物体与其自然环境之间的关系、中上层食物网以及限制鱼类幼体生存的因素等问题。虽然在爱尔兰海的工作有利于不列颠群岛当地的地区和科学利益，但它也加强了美国和其他国家目前对这些相同问题的研究。讲习班为与会者提供了一次机会，以规划一项区域研究，探讨与该区域直接相关的问题，以及全球气候变化及其对海洋食物网和生产的影响这一更广泛的问题。

This award supports a U.S.-U.K. project development workshop in biological oceanography. The organizers are Gary Kleppel of the Nova University Oceanographic Center, Dania, Florida and Keith Brander of the Fisheries Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the United Kingdom. Scientists from other parts of the United Kingdom (Wales and Scotland) and Ireland will also participate. The purpose of the workshop is to synthesize the current state of knowledge on environmental regulation of productivity in the Irish Sea, and to identify data gaps and research objectives for a future regional cooperative research effort. The Irish Sea is a shallow body of water bordered by Scotland, England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the Island of Man. Although it has been the site of many traditional biological investigations, questions involving the links between natural environmental variability and productivity (including fish production) in the Irish Sea remain unanswered. The workshop will focus on problems concerning the relationships between organisms and their physical environments, pelagic food webs, and the factors limiting larval fish survival. While work on the Irish Sea benefits local regional and scientific interests in the British Isles, it also augments current research on these same questions in the U.S. and in other countries. The workshop provides an opportunity for participants to plan a regional study on the issues of immediate interest to the region and on the broader issue of global climate change and its impact on marine food webs and production.