Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00215
The effect of contrasting disturbance regimes on organic matter flow through aquatic food webs: an experimental test.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Milner, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Hydrological Processes
- Community Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The proposed study will investigate the effect of contrasting dewatering disturbance regimes on the magnitude and distribution of organic matter flow in food webs of replicated experimental stream channels. Quantitative food webs will be constructed for each channel community using samples that were collected monthly and at the end of a 21-month disturbance experiment. Feeding links will be expressed as organic matter flow (mg dry mass m-2 d-1), and will be quantified by coupling estimates of secondary production with gut contents analysis. Our proposed study will be the first attempt to quantify stream food webs in a controlled and replicated community experiment, and will be of broad interest to ecologists working in both aquatic and terrestrial systems.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00215
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,239
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1,908 | £19,161 | £359 | £8,814 |
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