Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2003/00302
Allometric scaling of buoyancy control and diving performance in loggerhead turtles.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor GC Hays, Swansea University, Biological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Swansea University, Biological Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Conservation Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- Buoyancy plays an important role in the diving behaviour of all air-breathing marine animals. We will investigate how size-related differences in the ability of loggerhead turtles to regulate their buoyancy, affects their depth utilisation both while they are in coastal foraging sites and also in the deep sea. In addition, this will be the most comprehensive satellite tracking study of juvenile sea turtles revealing their migration patterns and habitat utilisation and identifying hotspots where interactions with fisheries are likely to be most acute.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2003/00302
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £147,266
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,060 | £52,012 | £24,270 | £23,925 | £44,000 |
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