Fish bioenergetics modelling to estimate the required carrying capacity of a system

鱼类生物能量学建模来估计系统所需的承载能力

• 批准号: RGPIN-2021-02847
• 负责人: Deslauriers, David
• 金额: $ 2.04万
• 依托单位: Université du Québec à Rimouski
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=765280
• 关键词: Fish; bioenergetics; modelling; estimate; required

Fish mortalities often occur when environmental conditions are unfavourable and prevent fish from adapting, giving them little choice but to seek more favourable conditions or perish. Understanding and predicting how fish respond to environmental conditions is thus more important than ever, particularly in the context of climate change. Much of these environmental conditions affect an individual's physiology and behaviour, which in turn have repercussions at the population level. However, in most cases, eco-physiological information on the species of interest is lacking and needs to be developed. The physiological response of individuals can be described through the development of bioenergetics models, which balance the energy requirements for growth and reproduction with the energy that is gathered through consumption. Bioenergetics models are also regulated by the size of the organism and the environmental conditions, such as temperature, that are encountered. My research program integrates organismal physiological responses to inform current and future energy requirements of fishes under dynamic environmental conditions in order to understand the energetic needs of a population. I propose to use a unique combination of laboratory, field, and modelling experiments to develop parameters that will be used in the development of ecologically-, biogically-, and physiologically-relevant simulations of fish growth under dynamic or altered environments. This work will provide powerful insight into the significant impacts fish can have on their environment, and how the environment conditions can shape energetic responses at the population level.

当环境条件不利并防止鱼适应时，通常会发生鱼类死亡，但别无选择，只能寻求更有利的条件或灭亡。因此，理解和预测鱼类对环境条件的反应比以往任何时候都重要，尤其是在气候变化的背景下。这些环境条件中的许多影响都会影响个人的生理和行为，这反过来又在人群层面产生了影响。但是，在大多数情况下，缺乏有关感兴趣物种的生态生理信息，需要开发。个体的生理反应可以通过开发生物能力模型来描述，从而在生长和繁殖的能量需求与通过消费收集的能量之间取得了平衡。生物能模型还受到遇到的生物体和环境条件（例如温度）的调节。我的研究计划将有机生理反应整合在一起，以告知在动态环境条件下鱼类的当前和未来能源需求，以了解人群的能量需求。我建议将实验室，现场和建模实验的独特组合用于开发参数，这些参数将用于在动态或改变的环境下对鱼类生长的生态，生物学上和生理上相关的模拟。这项工作将为鱼类对环境带来的重大影响以及环境条件如何在人口水平上塑造活力反应的重大影响提供深刻的见解。