Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00773/2
The influence of propagule banks on demography and genetic diversity in freshwater invertebrates and plants.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor B Okamura, The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Freeland, The Open University, Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor MA Beaumont, University of Bristol, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- The Natural History Museum, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Abstract:
- We aim to understand how propagule banks contribute to demography and genetic diversity through a combined empirical and modelling approach. The genetic structure of sediment bound propagules and of populations from different years will be characterized in bryozoan and plant systems. Models will predict temporal changes in genotype frequencies and the proportions deriving from propagule banks. Stage structured model simulations will identify key parameters that influence demography. Our study would have broad implications regarding the ecological significance of temporal gene flow in taxa ranging from zooplankton and plants to microbes, and a mechanistic basis for characterizing demographic contributions from propagule banks.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00773/2
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £41,150
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|
| £28,185 | £12,965 |
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