Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/G/S/2001/00208
Moorings to investigate intra-annual variability in Krill abundance and water-mass physical characteristics at South Georgia.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor EJ Murphy, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr D Bone, NERC British Antarctic Survey, NERC BAS - Cambridge
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AS Brierley, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor MA Brandon, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, Biology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Two moorings will be deployed on and off shelf NW of South Georgia to record water-column acoustic backscatter, current velocity, temperature and salinity over a 2 year period. They will provide daily estimates of Antarctic krill abundance and concomitant data on prevailing oceanographic condition. The moorings will enable a) the within year changes in krill abundance implied by existing predator data to be measured directly, b) tidal components to be derived, c) the hypothesis that krill immigration to the island is mediated directly by the influx of cord waters to be tested, and d) short term functional responses of predators to changing prey availability to be quantified. Present restrictions to sample by ship during short periods in summer only currently prevent these data from being gathered, hindering understanding of ecosystem function at South Georgia.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Apr 2002 - 31 Mar 2006
- Value:
- £35,142 Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/G/S/2001/00208
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- AFI Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- AFI
This grant award has a total value of £35,142
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £11,994 | £3,128 | £1,011 | £16,530 | £2,478 |
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