Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00361
An intensive study of the carbon dynamics and ecophysiology of mangrove forest.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor YS Malhi, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Williams, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Meir, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Abstract:
- We have recently begun the first study of fluxes of energy, water and CO2 over a mangrove forest using the eddy covariance technique. This experiment is revealing a wealth of information but lacks the detailed ecophysiological study that is required to understand the system. We propose two short field campaigns at this site, at the ends of the wet and dry seasons. Canopy- and component-scale measurements will be integrated within a state-of-the-art modelling framework, leading the first mechanistic understanding of the fluxes of energy and mass in a mangrove ecosystem. This is an opportunity to understand a key forest type that, unlike inland rain forest, harbours very few tree species and is strongly affected by lunar and tidal cycles.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00361
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £21,647
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £10,328 | £11,320 |
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