U.S. GLOBEC: Modeling Biological/Physical Processes Controlling Copepod Abundance in the Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine Region

9632540 DAVIS作为美国GLOBEC西北大西洋实地研究第2阶段计划的一部分，建模工作将调查物理过程如何与种群动态相互作用，以控制乔治银行/缅因州海湾地区主要桡足类物种（Calanus finmarchicus，Pseudocalanus newmani和P. moultoni，Centropages typicus和Centropages hamatus）的分布。该研究将提供：1）对中上层生态系统中层组成部分功能的新认识，2）关于幼鱼猎物区动态的新信息，3）关于气候变化可能对温带大陆架地区物种分布产生的潜在影响的基本数据。 ***

9632540 DAVIS As part of the U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic Field Studies Phase 2 program, a modeling effort will investigate how physical processes interact with population dynamics to control the distributions of dominant copepod species (Calanus finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus newmani and P. moultoni, Centropages typicus, and Centropages hamatus) in the Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine region. The study will provide: 1) new insights into the functioning of a mesopelagic component of a pelagic ecosystem, 2) novel information on the dynamics of the prey field of larval fish, and 3) basic data on the potential effects that climate change can exert on species distributions in temperate shelf areas. ***