RUI: REVSYS: Monographing the Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea)

RUI：REVSYS：灯节科专题（甲壳纲：Cumacea）

• 批准号: 0542806
• 负责人: Sarah Gerken
• 金额: $ 28.53万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Anchorage Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0542806&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; REVSYS; Monographing; Lampropidae; Crustacea

Cumaceans are small crustaceans that live in marine sediments, commonly encountered in marine sampling programs, fish and bird stomachs, and night plankton samples. The density and diversity of cumaceans tends to increase with depth and decreasing sediment grain size, although cumaceans can also be abundant in shallow sandy sediments. Many specimens are never identified beyond the level of the order Cumacea, due in large part to a lack of synthesizing works and identification tools such as monographs and databases. Of the eight recognized families of Cumacea, only one has been monographed. The objective of this proposal it to complete a monograph and database for the family Lampropidae. A monograph collects and synthesizes all the available knowledge about a group of organisms and includes identification keys, making it possible for non-specialists to identify specimens with accuracy. DELTA is a package of programs that includes a taxonomic database and an interactive, illustrated identification program, which can be web-disseminated and facilitates species identifications. Both the monograph and database will be disseminated through a website, which will include general information about the Cumacea, in addition to information for systematists.As human impacts on the oceans increase, it is widely recognized that marine bio-diversity is significantly under-recorded. This project will increase knowledge about the diversity of marine life directly through the description of new genera and new species. Three undergraduate students who are future teachers will be trained in the practice of systematics. The students will come away with an understanding of the importance of biodiversity and recognition of how much remains unknown, as well as experience in the process of scientific research, which will enhance their own teaching about science in the future. In order to remain competitive globally, the U.S. must enhance the science education of our citizens, and improving the science education of future teachers is expected to enhance their ability to teach science effectively.

Cumaceans是居住在海洋沉积物中的小型甲壳类动物，通常在海洋采样计划，鱼类和鸟类胃以及夜间浮游生物样品中遇到。 cumaceans的密度和多样性往往随深度和降低的沉积物粒度而增加，尽管在浅沙质沉积物中也可以丰富Cumaceans。 从未确定许多标本超出级别级别的水平，这在很大程度上是由于缺乏合成的作品和识别工具（例如专着和数据库）。 在八个公认的Cumacea家族中，只有一个被专着。 该提案的目的是为家庭Lampropidae完成专着和数据库。 专着收集并综合了有关一组生物体的所有可用知识，并包括识别键，从而使非专业人士有可能以准确的识别标本。 Delta是包括分类数据库和互动式的插图标识程序的程序包，可以进行网络删除并促进物种识别。 专着和数据库都将通过网站传播，除了对系统主义者的信息增加，该网站还将包括有关Caracea的一般信息。随着人类对海洋的影响的增加，人们广泛认识到，海洋生物多样性的票据明显不足。 该项目将直接通过描述新属和新物种来提高有关海洋生物多样性的知识。 未来教师的三名本科生将接受系统学实践的培训。 学生将了解生物多样性的重要性和对仍然未知数的认识，以及在科学研究过程中的经验，这将增强他们将来对科学的教学。 为了在全球范围内保持竞争力，美国必须增强我们公民的科学教育，并提高未来教师的科学教育，以增强他们有效教授科学的能力。