Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01383
Benthic processes in the Arabian Sea: Interrelationships between the benthos, sediment biogeochemistry, and organic matter cycling
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr GL Cowie, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr T Shimmield, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AJ Gooday, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor GA Wolff, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AEJ Miller, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr BJ Bett, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Pond, University of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr G Shimmield, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Ganeshram, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- An interdisciplinary benthic process study is proposed for surficial sediments across the oxygen minimum zone on the Pakistan margin. A quantitative study of benthic communities will be combined with comprehensive geochemical analyses of sediments and porewaters, tracer incubation studies and measurements of benthic fluxes and bacterial processes. Objectives are to assess a) community structure and function and controls thereon, b) redox status and fluxes of DOC, nutrients and trace metals, c) faunal organic matter (OM) alteration and trophic interactions, d) rates of sediment accumulation and biomixing, and aerobic and anaerobic microbial processes, and e) OM burial efficiencies. The results will clarify the role of the benthos as a control on sediment biogeochemistry and OM distributions, and will yield improved diagenetic process models.
- Period of Award:
- 14 Feb 2002 - 13 Jan 2006
- Value:
- £76,338 Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01383
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £76,338
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| £29,387 | £32,923 | £9,740 | £4,288 |
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