Distribution patterns of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in deep Atlantic waters and adjacent polar seas

• Grant number: 15/16948-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: February 01, 2016
• End date: October 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Carlos Marques
• Grantee: Marina de Oliveira Fernandez
• Supervisor: Allen Gilbert Collins
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/10821-1 - Distribution patterns of hydrozoans (Cnidaria) in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent polar seas, BP.DR

Abstract

My PhD project aims to infer distributional patterns of Atlantic deep-water hydrozoans, including those of the adjacent polar seas. Primary data will be based on information of the specimens deposited in international collections, after checking their identifications. Geographical, morphological and ecological data of these specimens will be synthesized to infer limits and gradients of species/supraspecific clades. Life history (e.g., presence of medusa stage in the life cycle) and morphological traits (e.g., body size or presence of hydrotheca) will be contrasted with depth and latitude in order to check their functional/historical drivers. We believe it is essential to study the Hydrozoa collection of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., The United States of America) in order to achieve these goals. The NMNH collection comprises a large number of specimens, and has the best taxonomic and geographic representation for the western Atlantic area. Besides data collection, the stay at NMNH will enable to experience research in a renowned center for biodiversity studies as well as to interact with Allen Collins, an expert in morphology, genetics and life history of cnidarians, and a historical collaborator of our laboratory. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERNANDEZ, MARINA O.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Combining bathymetry, latitude, and phylogeny to understand the distribution of deep Atlantic hydroids (Cnidaria). DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, v. 133, p. 39-48, MAR 2018. (15/16948-9, 11/50242-5, 13/10821-1)

FERNANDEZ, MARINA O.; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Gradual and rapid shifts in the composition of assemblages of hydroids (Cnidaria) along depth and latitude in the deep Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, v. 47, n. 7, APR 2020. (15/16948-9, 18/04257-0, 11/50242-5, 13/10821-1)