Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00282
Biological controls on DMS concentration in the southern ocean and their impact on gas exchange and aerosol formation.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr S Archer, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr CS Law, Nat Inst of Water and Atmos Res NIWA, Wellington Office
- Grant held at:
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Community Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- This project would enable the participation of Stephen Archer in an exciting, New Zealand-led experiment in the Southern Ocean that will focus on the controls on and rates of air-sea gas exchange. Archer will be responsible for the measurement of the production rates of dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) by phytoplankton and the transformation of DMSP to climate active dimethyl sulphide (DMS) by planktonic grazers. Together with a suite of additional ecosystem process measurements, this information will contribute to a comprehensive budget of DMS cycling in a particularly important region of the world's oceans and in the context of a potential climate driven, enhanced iron availability. In order to achieve this, funds are requested to develop an automated DMS(P) analysis system that will substantially increase productivity and to cover voyage-participation costs.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00282
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £27,141
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2,703 | £7,016 | £14,195 | £3,228 |
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