Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00957
Larval supply and settlement of rocky shore barnacles in open coast and sheltered environments.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor D Todd, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Paterson, University of St Andrews, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, Biology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Advances in the study of the relative importance of settlement, pre-settlement, and post-settlement processes driving marine intertidal community structure have been hindered by the lack of a convenient means of quantifying larval flux inputs ('larval supply') to the benthos on wave-exposed shores. We have developed a simple and robust means of quantifying larval flux for barnacle larvae that is effective in wavecrash environments. Comparative studies are proposed here on larval supply and settlement of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides on wave-exposed and maximally sheltered shores in Scotland. Manipulative experiments assessing the differential settlement responses of S. balanoides and Balanus crenatus to small-scale variations in hydrodynamic regime will be undertaken in a tidal rapid with intensified currents.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00957
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £238,696
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £14,364 | £127,624 | £21,440 | £75,268 |
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