A Mini Acoustically Tracked Drogue

该奖项提供资金用于开发一种小型声学跟踪drogue原型机。开发这一指南是为了响应了解幼虫运输模式和机制的需要，这是2002年1月沿海海洋跨学科研究伙伴关系（PISCO）讲习班与会者确定的优先事项。PI研究了目前可用的drogs，并确定它们不适合，因为它们的尺寸和在水下提供位置信息的能力有限。PI计划研究、设计、制造和测试原型微型喷嘴。如果成功，所提出的仪器将提供近岸环流方面的见解，如连接近海沿海环流特征和近岸浅水栖息地的地下包裹轨迹，并将显著推进我们对沿海环流过程如何将幼虫输送到沿海生态系统的理解。

The award provides funds to develop a prototype mini acoustically tracked drogue. The drogue is being developed in response to the need to understand the patterns and mechanisms of larval transport, identified as a priority by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) workshop participants in January 02. The PI has looked at currently available drogues and has determined that they are not suitable because of their size and limited ability to supply positional information while submerged. The PI plans to research, design, fabricate, and test the prototype mini-drogue. If successful, the proposed instrument would provide insights into aspects of the nearshore circulation such as sub-surface parcel trajectories connecting offshore coastal circulation features to shallow water habitats near shore and will significantly advance our understanding of how coastal circulation processes deliver larvae to coastal ecosystems.