Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00373
The reproductive fate of migrants between sessile marine invertebrate populations.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr JDD Bishop, Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory
- Grant held at:
- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Pollution
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Conservation Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Gene flow, mediated by the dispersal of organisms followed by reproduction, counteracts genetic differentiation between populations, thereby influencing geographical variation within species and the process of speciation. Sessile marine animal species commonly have limited scope for regular dispersal in their life cycle. However, adults may occasionally move between populations by rafting on mobile substrates. The project examines the likelihood that adult movement translates into genetic exchange. Characteristic reproductive features of colonial species are predicted to influence the ability of migrants to mate within their adopted population. These putative influences will be appraised in a well-studied compound ascidian species.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00373
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £170,790
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,839 | £87,476 | £31,030 | £40,239 | £8,207 |
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