Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/01406
Ubiquitous dispersal of free-living microbial species: testing the hypothesis in freshwater and marine environments.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor B J Finlay, University of Oxford, Zoology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T Cavalier-Smith, University of Oxford, Biology
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Zoology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Microbiology
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- We seek better understanding of the nature and scale of biodiversity at the microbial level. Are the smaller microbial eukaryotes really so numerous that each species has a fair chance of being distributed to all parts of the world? In what size range of organisms does this 'ubiquity' begin to break down - presumably somewhere in the protist-meiofauna size range where species, being significantly less numerous, will tend to have biogeographies. For those species that are ubiquitous, does this also apply to the genetic and physiological variants within species? And if microbial ubiquity is the norm, what are the consequences for ecosystem functions (e.g. nutrient cycling, natural bioremediation) of 'everything (microbial) being everywhere'.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Sep 2001 - 31 Aug 2004
- Value:
- £48,426 Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/01406
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Marine & Freshwater Microbial
This grant award has a total value of £48,426
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7,427 | £11,842 | £14,030 | £15,129 |
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