Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01127
Inferring long-term community dynamics from spatial patch mosaics.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Mumby, University of Exeter, Biosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PG Blackwell, University of Sheffield, Mathematics and Statistics
- Grant held at:
- University of Exeter, Biosciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The large-scale and long-term dynamics of benthic communities are poorly understood because the duration of experiments are rarely commensurate with the longevity of communities. However, the physical and biological processes that cause community dynamics span many scales and elicit scale-dependent patterns of community structure across the seascape. We identify these processes for major reef building communities using an innovative combination of spatially-explicit patch dynamic models, Earth Observation and field survey. Patch dynamic models predict how various physical and biological processes affect the distribution of communities. Model outputs are compared to natural patterns of community distribution as measured using Earth Observation. Causative processes are then inferred from the model which most closely fits field data and observed community patterns.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Dec 2002 - 30 Nov 2006
- Value:
- £61,857 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01127
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £61,857
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £21,857 | £11,164 | £16,454 | £2,328 | £10,055 |
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