The Paleoenvironmental History of Deep-Water Scleractinian Corals

深水石珊瑚的古环境历史

• 批准号: 8915858
• 负责人: Mary Droser
• 金额: $ 1.12万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-10-01 至 1990-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8915858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Paleoenvironmental; History; Deep; Water; Scleractinian; Paleoenvironmental; History; Deep; Water; Scleractinian

Many workers have suggested that several deep-water (200 m) scleractinian corals originated at relatively shallow water depths and deeper water environments. A similar onshore-offshore pattern has been demonstrated for other benthic macroinvertebrates as well. The goal of this research is to rigorously document the paleoenvironmental history of deep-water azooxanthellate scleractinian corals through field work and through examination of museum collections in order to test hypotheses about the nature of observed patterns. With planning grant monies PI will visit the Smithsonian Institution, the British Museum (Natural History) and the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) and the Institut de Paleontologie in order to examine the coral collections and work with coral specialists at these institutions.

许多工人认为，​​几种深水（200 m）巩膜珊瑚起源于相对较浅的水深和更深的水环境。 对于其他底栖大型无脊椎动物也已证明了类似的陆上岸模式。 这项研究的目的是严格记录深水芳香地酸糖浆巩膜珊瑚的古环境历史，并通过对博物馆收藏进行检查，以检验有关观察到模式的性质的假设。 借助计划，PI将访问史密森尼机构，大英博物馆（自然历史）和国家D'Histoire Naturelle（巴黎）和Paleontologie研究所，以研究这些机构的珊瑚收藏并与珊瑚专家合作。