Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00266
Susceptibility of marine algal communities to alien invasion: role of functional diversity.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor S Jenkins, Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Hawkins, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Conservation Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Biological invasions by alien species are occurring with increasing frequency in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems with often catastrophic consequences for recipient communities. Recent debate regarding the role of biodiversity in functioning of ecosystems has revitalized the question of how diversity affects the susceptibility of communities to invasion. We will investigate how functional algal diversity in tidepool algal communities affects their susceptibility to invasion by an alien species, Sargassum muticum, a successful invader of European shore lines. A manipulative experiment will generate communities of differing functional diversity that can be seeded with the alien species. The susceptibility of communities to invasion, and the impacts on community structure and ecosystem function will be monitored over a 9 months period.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00266
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £25,785
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £16,468 | £144 | £1,599 | £7,576 |
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