Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00392
Development of new models for dietary reconstruction based on bulk and compound specific Delta13C analysis of diet and consumer tissues.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RP Evershed, University of Bristol, Chemistry
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Jim, University of Bristol, Chemistry
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Chemistry
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Palaeoenvironments
- Behavioural Ecology
- Abstract:
- A pilot study will be undertaken combining both bulk and compound specific delta 13C measurements of tissues from a program of controlled animal feeding experiments using pigs, sheep and pheasants in order to investigate how their different digestive physiologies and metabolisms affect specific diet-to-tissue fractionations. This will be the first attempt to sample a sufficiently comprehensive range of tissues that will allow mathematical modelling of the isotopic relationship between diet and consumer tissues at the bulk and molecular level. This approach is an essential step in establishing compound specific analyses as a routine analytical tool for use in conjunction with bulk isotopic measurements, having wide applications in the fields as archaeology, palaeobiology and ecology.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00392
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £27,808
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3,479 | £12,622 | £5,901 | £5,806 |
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