Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00350
East African mangroves as nursery sites for commercially important fish.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Huxham, Edinburgh Napier University, Life Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Edinburgh Napier University, Life Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Abstract:
- Mangroves may provide nursery sites for commercially and artisinally important species of fish. Stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon deposited in otolith cores and peripheries will be used as natural tags of migration in possibly migratory fish. The proposed field site, Gazi Bay in Kenya, has steep gradients of temperature, salinity and delta 13C between mangrove, seagrass and coral reef biotopes. These three variables will influence oxygen (the first two) and carbon (the third) isotope ratios in fish moving between habitats. Non-migratory species resident in the site will be used to help control for confounding effects of metabolism on carbon isotope balances.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00350
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £23,697
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9,075 | £2,879 | £7,568 | £4,175 |
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