Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00846
Mesopelagic micro-plankton respiration.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor C Robinson, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Leb Williams, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Abstract:
- Attempts to quantify net carbon production in the oceanic water column suffer from a poor understanding of plankton respiration, particularly that in the mesopelagic zone. Recent reports ascribe up to 50 percent of water column respiration to this zone, which would create a major imbalance in the oceanic carbon budget. Mesopelagic respiration rates are derived mainly from ETS measurements, a method for which accuracy is difficult to ascertain. We shall overcome this calibration problem by collecting a unique set of paired ETS and deltaO2 measurements through the water column. We will therefore be able to test the hypothesis that mesopelagic respiration is comparable to euphotic zone respiration.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00846
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £23,957
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,362 | £4,312 | £11,478 | £2,820 | £1,984 |
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