Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00764
Detection and characterisation of iron complexes in seawater.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr M Gledhill, University of Plymouth, Sch of Earth Ocean and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RF Mantoura, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PJ Worsfold, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Plymouth, Sch of Earth Ocean and Environment
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Concentrations of Fe in certain pans of the Oceans (e.g. Southern Ocean, Equatorial Pacific) are low enough to limit productivity and consequently have an impact on biodiversity and CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean. Fe uptake by biota depends on its speciation. Fe is complexed by strong ligands of unknown structure in seawater, which are hypothesised to be of biogenic origin. This project will develop a novel method for detection and characterisation of organic Fe complexes produced by phytoplankton (i.e. siderophores and Fe -porphyrin complexes) using high performance-liquid chromatography electrospray ionisation - mass spectrometry. The method will be applied to seawater collected from the Plymouth Front during summer.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00764
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £35,424
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £21,107 | £4,608 | £9,709 |
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