Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00532
The chemical basis of barnacle settlement: discrimination between species and the evolution of associative settlement.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor AS Clare, Newcastle University, Marine Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Hawkins, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr RR Kirby, University of Plymouth, Marine Institute
- Grant held at:
- Newcastle University, Marine Science and Technology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Behavioural Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- This proposal addresses hypotheses concerning the chemical basis of barnacle settlement, both in terms of species specificity and associative settlement. Specifically we aim to determine whether species specificity at settlement reflects differences in the settlement inducing protein complexes (SIPC - the adult chemical cue which induces gregarious settlement) of adult barnacles and whether settlement of barnacles on basibionts is induced by SIPC-like proteins expressed at the settlement surface. A combined molecular, immunological and bioassay approach will be used to characterise SIPCs and SIPC-like proteins, to determine their activity and to localise protein expression.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00532
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £190,400
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £14,951 | £86,814 | £42,680 | £6,021 | £39,935 |
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