Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2003/00066
Fluorescence properties of fossil peridinioid & gonyaulacoid cysts: a key to the development and evolution of heterotrophy in fossil dinoflagellates
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr S Feist-Burkhardt, The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- The Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Latest studies have shown that the organic cysts of some extant heterotrophic peridinioid dinoflagellates, in contrast to phototrophic dinoflagellates, do not show autofluorescence. The proposed project seeks to test if this relationship may be used for discriminating between cysts of phototrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates in fossil material. By using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM), detailed quantitative fluorescence spectra at different excitation wavelengths shall be obtained of fossil dinoflagellate cysts of selected time slices. The analyses shall help to clarify the nutritional preferences in fossil dinoflagellates, and contribute to answer the questions when and in which groups heterotrophy evolved, whether this was a unique event, and to what extent peridinioid cysts may be used as environmental or productivity indicators.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2003/00066
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £39,542
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3,030 | £16,165 | £12,911 | £7,436 |
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