Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/G/S/2003/00008
Dissolved organic nitrogen cycling in the Antarctic.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor DL Jones, Bangor University, Inst of Environmental Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Farrar, Bangor University, Sch of Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr P Darrah, University of Oxford, Biology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RD Bardgett, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr KK Newsham, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Grant held at:
- Bangor University, Inst of Environmental Science
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Soil science
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Antarctica is undergoing rapid climatic change, however, the implications of this change on ecosystem functioning remain unknown due to our lack of fundamental understanding of how these ecosystems work. Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) has been hypothesized to play a key role in regulating ecosystem productivity in Arctic environments. However, its importance in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems remains unknown. Our aim is to quantify the importance of DON across an Antarctic environmental gradient and to assess its importance in the N cycle, plant productivity and ecosystem response to climate change. We will construct a mathematical model to describe Antarctic N cycling to identify critical control points in N cycling and responses to ecosystem change. This research will directly complement existing SCAR (RiSCC), BAS and NERC research programmes and will directly collaborate with research scientists from other Antarctic programmes.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/G/S/2003/00008
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- AFI Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- AFI
This grant award has a total value of £125,979
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £69,382 | £3,380 | £21,301 | £31,916 |
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