Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01074
Behavioural energetics of the King Penguin and its potential usefulness as a bio-monitor of marine resources in the Southern Ocean.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor PJ Butler, University of Birmingham, Sch of Biosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Woakes, University of Birmingham, Sch of Biosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Biosciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- We propose to use novel data loggers, already designed and tested by our laboratory, to investigate the year round energy expenditure of a top predator of the Southern Ocean, the King penguin. The study will bring together the expertise of the PIs and Drs Handrich and Bost from the CNRS Strasbourg. The data obtained will enable us, for the first time, to quantify the energetic cost of foraging behaviour throughout the annual cycle and to assess the potential usefulness of King penguins as indicators of fluctuations in biological resources and climate, thus providing important information for the management of marine resources in the Southern Ocean. The study will also supply valuable information on many physiological aspects of the foraging behaviour of marine birds and contribute to our understanding on how these birds are able to forage underwater for such long durations.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01074
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £224,084
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £12,735 | £108,397 | £40,708 | £12,381 | £49,863 |
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