Functional roles for dissolved organic matter in aquatic animal physiology and nutrition

溶解有机物（DOM）代表了分解的植物和土壤物质的混合物，这些物质被冲入湖泊和溪流，水生动物本身产生的有机产品。最近的研究结果表明，DOM可能对水生动物的生物学产生重要的直接影响，但迄今为止，人们对这些影响以及它们是如何介导的知之甚少。目前的计划旨在通过四个不同但重叠的领域的研究，对DOM的直接生物学功能进行深入了解。

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents the mixture of decomposing plant and soil matter that washes into lakes and streams, with the organic products generated by aquatic animals themselves. Recent findings suggest that DOM could have important direct effects on the biology of aquatic animals, but to date there is little understanding of these effects and how they are mediated. The current program seeks to develop an advanced understanding of the direct biological functions of DOM, through research in four distinct, but overlapping, areas.