Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00566
Scaling and complexity in stream ecosystems.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr J Schmid-Araya, Queen Mary University of London, Sch of Biological and Chemical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Body size influences an organism's energetic requirements, its potential resource exploitation, and its susceptibility to predation. General relations between population density and body size in benthic animal assemblages may be attributed to non-metabolic constraints such as habitat complexity. We aim to examine substratum surface heterogeneity and its possible fractal characteristics upon the body-size distribution of benthic communities. In streams across the UK, we shall explore if scaling of density to body size converges across communities. We also aim to examine if local and regional scales of observation may influence body size and population density.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00566
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £176,120
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,958 | £89,482 | £3,489 | £41,162 | £37,028 |
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