Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C508377/1
Size structures of Calanus finmarchicus populations and of planktonic predators in the Irminger Basin.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor C Secombes, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr S J Hay, Marine Scotland Science, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Ingvarsdottir, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AS Brierley, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Supervised by Dr. Anna Ingvarsdottir, a small project will employ 3 student assistants for 8 weeks to make some critical measurements on samples collected during MARPROD Irminger Sea cruises. University of Aberdeen and FRS equipment, facilities and expertise will be available for the additional sample and image analysis. Taxonomic sample enumeration has been completed and the measurements made will complement this and many other MARPROD elements and wider studies. Student assistants will be trained in processing samples, target species identification, obtaining digital images of samples and from video images, applying digital image analysis techniques to acquire species abundance and length frequency data. For ARIES samples, video has already been taken and stored for samples containing Calanus, chaetognaths and amphipods. For the Dual Methot net samples, euphausiid size and species stage analysis is completed for MARPROD objectives. Additional digital camera images have been made and stored, of chaetognaths, amphipods and large copepods from summer and last winter cruises. These will undergo image analysis to count and measure animals. Some further analysis of Dual Methot net samples from all cruises will derive consistent size frequency and species abundance estimates for the other groups of predatory plankton, including fish, decapods/mysids, jellyfish and cephalopods.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C508377/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Marine Productivity
This grant award has a total value of £6,099
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £205 | £5,894 |
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