Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00917
Production of DMS and DMSP by coccolithophores: is our current understanding an accurate reflection of the truth?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr G Malin, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Steinke, University of Essex, Life Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr JR Young, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Despite only scant data being available it is assumed that all coccolithophores produce significant amounts of cellular dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), the precursor of the climate-cooling trace gas dimethylsulphide (DMS). This assumption arises because understanding of DMS production processes is based on research that focuses on the cosmopolitan bloom-forming coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Current efforts to model DMS and DMSP production potential rely upon the same possibly biased knowledge base. We will exploit clonal coccolithophorid cultures from the newly established and unique EU-CODENET collection and investigate DMSP and DMS production. The project we propose is novel for its focus on a wide range of coccolithophores and is designed to test the validity of the current understanding of DMS production by this important phytoplankton group.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00917
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £227,352
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £5,725 | £114,683 | £18,249 | £35,941 | £52,754 |
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