U.S.-Mexico Planning Visit: Foraminiferal & Molluscan Tracers of Ancient Seagrass Habitats: Ground Truth from Tropical Seagrass Beds

9802672 Sen Gupta这个美墨合作奖项将支持路易斯安那州立大学B.K.Sen Gupta教授和L.C.Anderson教授对墨西哥国家自治大学(UNAM)海洋与湖泊研究所的M.Machain Castillo教授的短期访问。研究人员计划设计一个联合研究计划，利用某些有孔虫和软体动物的化石记录，作为与热带海草草甸相关的气候和地理条件的指示器。为此，研究人员打算研究墨西哥湾和加勒比海海岸线沿线广泛海草和邻近栖息地的生物的分布和生态。还将研究这些生物的运输和保存潜力。UNAM研究小组将包括生态学家、古生物学家和海洋学家，他们的专业和兴趣与路易斯安那州立大学的小组相辅相成。更好地了解海草生态和古生态将与两国的海岸管理问题相关。***

9802672 Sen Gupta This U. S.-Mexico award will support a short-term visit by Prof. B.K. Sen Gupta and L.C. Anderson of Louisiana State University to Prof. M. Machain Castillo of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). The investigators plan to design a joint research program involving the use of the fossil record of certain foraminifers and molluscs as an indicator of climatic and physiographic conditions associated with tropical seagrass meadows. For that purpose, the researchers intend to study the distribution and ecology of organisms inhabiting extensive seagrass and adjacent habitats along the Gulf and Caribbean shorelines of Mexico. The transport and preservation potential of these organisms will also be studied. The UNAM research team will include ecologists, paleontologists; and oceanographers whose specialties and interests complement those of the LSU team. A better understanding of seagrass ecology and paleoecology will be relevant to coastal management problems of both countries. ***