U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: Biodiversity and Biogeography of Diatoms in New Zealand

9908522该奖项支持保龄格林大学的Rex Lowe和新西兰克赖斯特彻奇国家水与大气研究所的Barry Biggs在新西兰硅藻生物多样性和生物地理学方面的合作。新西兰的地理上与世隔绝，导致了相对较好的记载的独特的动植物。然而，主导新西兰大多数溪流底栖藻类群落的硅藻植物群却鲜为人知。这项拟议的研究将调查新西兰南岛韦斯特兰和西南部选定的溪流的分类和分布。这项研究不仅将大大增加全球生物多样性的知识库，还将为今后对南半球河流的结构和功能的研究提供坚实的分类学基础。

9908522LoweThis award supports collaboration between Rex Lowe, Bowling Green University, and Barry Biggs, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, on the biodiversity and biogeography of diatoms in New Zealand. The geographic isolation of New Zealand led to a relatively well documented unique flora and fauna. The flora of diatoms that dominate benthic algal communities of most streams in New Zealand, however, is poorly known. The proposed research will survey the taxonomy and distribution in selected streams of Westland and Southwestland on New Zealand's South Island. This research will not only add significantly to the knowledge base on global biodiversity by will also provide a firm taxonomic base for future research into the structure and function of southern hemisphere streams.