U.S.-Norway Cooperative Research: The Predatory Role of the Coronate Medusae Periphylla periphylla in a Fjord Ecosystem

Information

• NSF Award
• 9903467

Owner

• Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.

• Award Id

  9903467

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/1999 - 25 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2003 - 21 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 24,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

9903467<br/>Youngbluth<br/>This award supports Marsh Youngbluth from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in a collaboration with Ulf Balmstedt of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Biology at the University of Bergen, Norway. The research will focus on predicting predation by the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla, which acts as a regulatory species in pelagic food webs of Norwegian fjords. The cooperative study will elucidate relationships between foraging strategies and water column variables. Such comparisons will make estimations of feeding impact possible which will contribute significantly to models of predatory dynamics. The international partnership will strengthen the domestic research program by providing new insights about temporal, spatial, and behavioral variables that act to influence the distribution, abundance and feeding habits of a tentaculate predator.

• Program Officer

  Mark A. Suskin

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/9/1999 - 25 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  2/21/2003 - 21 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.

• City

  Fort Pierce

• State

  FL

• Country

  United States

• Address

  5600 US 1 North

• Postal Code

  349467303

• Phone Number

  7724652400

• First Name

  Marsh

• Last Name

  Youngbluth

• Email Address

  youngbluth@hboi.edu

• Start Date

  9/9/1999 12:00:00 AM