Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/00601
Production mechanisms of volatile iodocarbons in coastal waters.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor PD Nightingale, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Grant held at:
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Abstract:
- Volatile iodinated organic compounds (VICs) produced in the oceans are the most likely source of iodine oxide radicals that are important to the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere and dominate the ocean-land flux of iodine that is essential to human health. However, information on VIC concentrations in seawater and as importantly, the processes that control them, is limited. In order to define the dominant source(s)/sink(s) and likely mechanisms of production/removal, we plan to routinely determine VIC concentrations at a time-series station in the English Channel and link the seasonal changes to a suite of biological, chemical and physical variables. More detailed experimental studies using natural seawater and targetted at periods of elevated VIC levels, will focus on the processes that control the source strength of VICs.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/00601
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £164,049
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £92,796 | £2,857 | £25,709 | £42,685 |
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