Collaborative Research: BoCP Implementation: Using the Past to Predict the Future: How Physiology and other Functional Traits Determine Survival/Extinction in W. Atlantic Mollusks

合作研究：BoCP 实施：用过去预测未来：生理学和其他功能特征如何决定西大西洋软体动物的生存/灭绝

• 批准号: 2225012
• 负责人: Emily Rivest
• 金额: $ 65.01万
• 依托单位: College of William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225012&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; BoCP; Implementation; Using

Clams and snails, known as mollusks, are abundant and diverse along the eastern seaboard of the United States. They are important indicators of ocean health and provide substantial food sources for humans. Many of the species, or their close relatives, are also known as fossils that extend back more than 3 million years. Using analysis of the characteristics of modern and fossil mollusks, along with experiments, the project will investigate which features of mollusks made them most likely to survive as ocean conditions changed over the last several million years. The information will be combined with computer modelling to predict which species will survive and which will go extinct in the future. Outreach will be provided to K-12 students, and students at several levels will receive scientific training. A physical and online museum exhibit on mollusks will be created, and data about them will be shared online. The work will use fossil and modern mollusks from the western Atlantic region to develop a predictive framework for which species will survive and which will go extinct in the next few centuries. This is important because several species provide significant food resources to humans. The work will examine key functional traits associated with long term species survival, including physiological variables such as metabolic rate, which is strongly influenced by ocean conditions, and a highly significant predictor of extinction probability in marine mollusks over the last three million years. Experimental studies also will be performed to determine the relationship between mollusk physiology and ocean conditions. In addition, ecological niche modeling will be used to place past and predicted future species distributions in the context of past and forecasted future marine conditions. All this work will be done to develop a predictive framework for understanding the past and quantifying the future of this biota. Outreach and education will be provided to K-12 students in several locations. Several undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars will receive research training. A physical and online museum exhibit on mollusks will be created, and data on the stratigraphic and geographic occurrence of mollusk species will be shared online.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蛤和蜗牛被称为软体动物，在美国东部沿海地区数量丰富且种类繁多。它们是海洋健康的重要指标，并为人类提供大量食物来源。许多物种或其近亲也被称为化石，其历史可以追溯到 300 万年前。通过对现代软体动物和化石软体动物特征的分析以及实验，该项目将调查软体动物的哪些特征使它们最有可能在过去几百万年海洋条件的变化中生存下来。这些信息将与计算机模型相结合，以预测哪些物种将在未来生存，哪些将灭绝。将为 K-12 学生提供外展服务，多个级别的学生将接受科学培训。将创建一个关于软体动物的实体和在线博物馆展览，有关它们的数据将在网上共享。这项工作将利用来自西大西洋地区的化石和现代软体动物来开发一个预测框架，预测哪些物种将在未来几个世纪内生存，哪些物种将灭绝。这很重要，因为有几个物种为人类提供了大量的食物资源。这项工作将研究与物种长期生存相关的关键功能特征，包括代谢率等生理变量，它受到海洋条件的强烈影响，也是过去三百万年海洋软体动物灭绝概率的高度重要预测因素。还将进行实验研究以确定软体动物生理学与海洋条件之间的关系。此外，生态位模型将用于将过去和预测的未来物种分布置于过去和预测的未来海洋条件的背景下。所有这些工作将旨在开发一个预测框架，以了解该生物群的过去并量化其未来。将在多个地点向 K-12 学生提供外展和教育。多名本科生、研究生和博士后学者将接受研究培训。将创建一个关于软体动物的实体和在线博物馆展览，并将在线共享有关软体动物物种的地层和地理分布的数据。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。影响审查标准。