Suspension, Cross-Shelf Transport and Deposition of Planktonic Larvae of Inner-Shelf Benthic Invertebrates

在许多沿海物种中，一个关键的柏拉图式幼虫 阶段在内大陆架的沃茨中度过， 最靠近海岸的几公里处， 通常小于30米。 我们的知识的 这些浮游幼虫生活的大陆架的参数 少得可怜 物理过程强烈影响 生物学，如沉积物输送和分层 和内陆架沃茨的环流 明白 这项研究的主要目的是获得 天气学的、停泊的、长期的生物测量， 物理和泥沙输运参数同时 空间尺度。 实地项目旨在获得 深入了解可能控制成功的 浮游生物幼虫的散布和定居 生活在近岸的桑迪沉积物中。 本研究设计 因此，关键学科，以及跨学科 问题可以解决。 基本假设指导 研究是生活在海洋中生物体的浮游幼虫 在潮间带（或在非常浅的水域）开采 内架的流通，以控制他们的交叉- 货架运输。

In many coastal species, a critical platonic larval stage is spent in the waters of the inner continental shelf, the most shoreward few kilometers of the shelf where depths are typically less than 30 m. Our knowledge of the parameters of the shelf where these planktonic larvae live is meager. Physical processes which strongly influence the biology, such as sediment transport and the stratification and circulation of inner shelf waters, are poorly understood. A major goal of this study is to obtain synoptic, moored, long-term measurements of biological, physical and sediment transport parameters at the same time and space scales. The field program is aimed at gaining insight into the processes that may control the successful dispersal and settlement of planktonic larvae of organisms living in near-shore sandy sediments. The study is designed so that critical disciplinary, as well as interdisciplinary questions can be addressed. The basic hypothesis guiding the research is that planktonic larvae of organisms living in the intertidal zone (or in very shallow water) exploit the circulation of the inner shelf to control their cross- shelf transport.